User Guide

Chapter 5. Administrative Information Base
Hosts
The Hosts section of the management system GUI allows access to information and
management actions that apply to the groups of IP addresses to be included in the
specification of the packet filter rules for the personal firewall policies.
Through the Hosts section, you can view, add, edit, and delete hosts (i.e., ranges of IP
addresses) and host groups (i.e., groups of non-contiguous IP address ranges).
• Hosts — [Hosts], [Hosts], [rw]
List of IP address ranges that are currently configured for inclusion in the packet
filtering rules for the personal firewall policies. Each row in the table corresponds
to one range of IP addresses and shows the following information items for
identification purposes: <Host Name> (unique alphanumeric identifier of the IP
address range, in no mandated format), <Description> (information note further
describing the IP address range), <Host> (a valid address in the IP address range),
<Mask> (network mask used for identification of the entire range, expressed as the
number of initial invariant bits in the IP address; valid range: <1..32>).
The <Open> tab provides read access to the following information items for the
selected host:
o Host Name — Unique name identifying the IP address range.
o Description — Descriptive text about the IP address range.
o Host — A valid IP address in the IP address range.
o Mask (1-32) — The network mask used for identification of the entire range.
Figure 83 - Host (Add)
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