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Service Groups
A firewall is a security mechanism that lets network administrators selectively block or allow certain types of traffic in accordance with rules they specify.
When you create a firewall rule, you select a service to which the firewall rule applies. Use the Service Group screen to create custom service groups for which firewall rules can be defined. Once defined, the new service group will appear in the Service list of the screens you use to add or edit firewall rules. menu allows selection of a
Custom Service Group Table
This table lists all the custom services. A custom service has the following attributes:
#: A numerical ID the router assigns to a service group. The router contains a list of predefined services and custom services that can be viewed on the firewall Rules screens (select Network Security > Firewall). When you add a custom service group, it is assigned the next ID following that of the most recently added service in the list.
Name: Name of the service group for identification and management purposes.
List of Services: Shows the services that are grouped, separated by commas (,).
Action/Edit: Click to make changes to the selected entry.
Select All: Select all the entries in the Custom Services table.
Delete: Delete selected entries from the Custom Service Group table.
Add: Add a new custom service group.
Service Groups
Add Service Group
Use this screen to add a new custom service group. The screen has the following fields:
Name: Name of the service group for identification and management purposes.
Available Services: This list includes all the available default services and custom services. This list does not show already grouped services, which display in the List of Selected Services list. Select the services that you want to group in a custom service group. To select multiple contiguous services, drag the pointer from the first item you want to select through the last item. To select noncontiguous services, hold the Ctrl key on the keyboard and click the services you want to select.
">>": Click this button to move the selected services from the Available Services list to the List of Selected Services list.
"<<": If you want to remove services from a custom group, click this button to move the services from the List of Selected Services list to the Available Services list.
List of Selected Services: This list includes all the services to be included in a new service group. To remove services from this group, select services as you do in the Available Services list. At least one service should be included in this list to add a new service group.
Click Apply to create a new custom service group.
Click Reset to revert to the previous settings.
The newly added custom service group is listed in the Custom Service Group Table and also in the Service list when you create or modify firewall rules.
Service Groups
Edit Service Group
Use this screen to edit an existing custom service group. The following fields can be modified:
Name: Name of the service group for identification and management purposes.
Available Services: This list includes all the available default services and custom services. This list does not show already grouped services, which display in the List of Selected Services list. Select the services that you want to add to the custom service group. To select multiple contiguous services, drag the pointer from the first item you want to select through the last item. To select noncontiguous services, hold the Ctrl key on the keyboard and click the services you want to select.
">>": Click this button to move the selected services from the Available Services list to the List of Selected Services list.
"<<": If you want to remove services from a custom group, click this button to move the services from the List of Selected Services list to the Available Services list.
List of Selected Services: This list includes all the services to be included in the service group. To remove services from this group, select services as you do in the Available Services list. At least one service should be included in this list.
Click Apply to modify the selected custom service group.
Click Reset to revert to the previous settings.
The modified custom service group is listed in the Custom Service Group Table and also in the Service list when you create or modify firewall rules.
 

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