General Information on Connections

The Connection function allows you to control the type of network traffic that can take place between two network entities that are connected through the Firewall. They permit or deny specified types of communications between two named endpoints or any type of network object or group.

After you have defined your network objects and services, you create connections. In building connections, you will select one network object to be the source and another network object to be the destination for the traffic flow through the Firewall.

The figure below illustrates what Connections are composed of and how they function in the Firewall.

Further Information

Controlling Traffic Through the Firewall
Examples of Connections: Proxy Telnet
Examples of Connections: Routed Telnet
Examples of Connections: Proxy HTTP

Name

Provide a name for this item. This item name must be unique for this particular function in the Firewall.

Description

This field is optional and is provided in case you want to provide a comment or additional information about this item.

Source

Click "Select" and choose an object or group from the Network Object menu. Click Apply. This will be the Source Object.

Select

Press the "Select..." button to access a list of defined objects that are valid for this function.

Destination

Click "Select" and choose an object or group from the Network Object menu. Click Apply. This will be the Destination Object.

Services for this Connection

Click "Select" and choose from the list of services available. Click Apply. You can select more than one service, but you must select one service at a time. You can rearrange your list of services by highlighting a service and clicking Move Up or Move Down. You can remove a service by highlighting it and clicking Remove.

Remove

Press the "Remove" button to eliminate a selected item from this list. This action will only remove the item from this list. This action will have no effect on other places where this item is defined.

Move Up

Select an item in the list and click "Move Up" to raise the item's relative position in the list. Each click will cause the item to move up one position.

Move Down

Select an item in the list and click "Move Down" to lower the item's relative position in the list. Each click will cause the item to move down one position.

Socks Configuration(s) for this Connection

Click "Select" and choose from the list of Socks entries available. Click Apply. You can select more than one entry but you must select one Socks object at a time. You can remove a Socks entry by highlighting it and clicking Remove.

OK

Press the "OK" button to save changes and close the window.

Cancel

Press the "Cancel" button to close the window without saving any changes.