Defining a Network Address Translation Policy

Step

Action

From the Managed Firewall PRN(To get to this screen, select Inventory under the MFW  tab for the Products module.  For more information about this screen, click here.) screen, click the ID of the Open firewall for which you want to define network configuration.

Result:  The system takes you to the Modify Managed Firewall Details screen.

From the Functions section on the left-hand side of the screen, click Initial Setup.

Result:  The system takes you to the Initial Setup screen.

From the Form Name list at the bottom of the screen, click Network Address Translation Policy.

Result:  The system takes you to the Initial Network Translation Policy screen.

In the Source - Start field, type the IP address(An IP address is the unique identifier for a particular machine on an IP-based network such as the Internet.  Every computer on the network must have a unique IP address.  IP addresses are made up of 32 bits and written as four sets of numbers between 0 and 255, separated by a period, for example 256.43.7.25.) of the first originating host outside the firewall to which the rule you are creating should apply.

In the Source - End field, type the IP address of the last originating host outside the firewall to which the rule you are creating should apply.

In the Destination - Start field, type the IP address of the first terminating host outside the firewall to which the rule you are creating should apply.

In the Destination - End field, type the IP address of the last terminating host outside the firewall to which the rule you are creating should apply.

In the first Service field, type the kind of service outside the firewall to which the rule should apply.

In the Source field, type the IP address of the originating host inside the firewall to which the rule you are creating should apply.

In the Destination field, type the IP address of the terminating host inside the firewall to which the rule you are creating should apply.

In the second Service field, type the kind of service inside the firewall to which the rule should apply.

Click .

Result:  The system adds the rule you just defined to the NAT Rules box.

Repeat Steps 4 through 12 for all the rules you want to create for the policy.

Note:  You can remove rules from the NAT Rules box by highlighting the offending rule and clicking .

Click .

Result:  The system attempts to save the NAT policy information and associate it with the firewall before returning you to the Initial Setup screen.  The Network Address Translation Policy option at the bottom of the screen should now have a status of Completed.