Netgear FVS318Gv2 – ProSAFE VPN Firewall Series Manual De Referência

Each rule lets you specify the desired action for the connections that are covered by the rule:

BLOCK always 

BLOCK by schedule, otherwise allow 

ALLOW always 

ALLOW by schedule, otherwise block 

The following sections summarize the various criteria that you can apply to outbound rules to 
reduce traffic. 

For more information about outbound rules, see 

on page 128. 

For detailed procedures about how to configure outbound rules, see 

on page 134 and 

on page 144.

When you define outbound firewall rules, you can further refine their application according to 
the following criteria:

Services. You can specify the services or applications to be covered by an outbound 
rule. If the desired service or application does not display in the list, you must define it 
using the Services screen. For more information, see 

on page 128 and 

on page 176. 

LAN users (or DMZ users). You can specify which computers on your network are 
affected by an outbound rule. Several options are available:

Any. The rule applies to all computers and devices on your LAN. 

Single address. The rule applies to the address of a particular computer. 

Address range. The rule applies to a range of addresses.

Groups. The rule applies to a group of computers. You can configure groups for LAN 
WAN outbound rules but not for DMZ WAN outbound rules as follows:

The Known PCs and Devices table is an automatically maintained list of all known 
computers and network devices and is generally referred to as the network 
database. For more information, see 

on page 73. 

Computers and network devices are entered into the network database by various 
methods. For more information, see 

WAN users. You can specify which Internet locations are covered by an outbound rule, 
based on their IP address:

Any. The rule applies to all Internet IP address. 

Single address. The rule applies to a single Internet IP address. 

Address range. The rule applies to a range of Internet IP addresses.