Managing External Services
Note: The External services page has been superseded by the functionality on the Network > Outgoing > Policies page and has been deprecated. It is removed in a future update.
You can prevent local network hosts from using external services by creating appropriate policies to stop outbound traffic.
To create an external service rule:
1. | Go to the Network > Outgoing > External services page and configure the following settings: |
Setting |
Description |
Service |
Select Empty from the drop-down list. |
Service rule name |
Enter a name for the rule. |
Protocol |
Select the protocol used by the service. |
Service |
From the drop-down menu, select the service, port, port range or group of ports. Or, to specify a user defined port, select User defined. |
Port |
If User defined is selected in the Service drop-down menu, enter a single port or port range. Port ranges are specified using an |
Rejection logging |
Select to log all traffic rejected by the external services rule |
Stealth mode |
Select to allow traffic that would normally be rejected by the external services rule and log all traffic in the firewall logs. |
2. | Click Save. In the Add a new rule area: |
Setting |
Description |
Destination IP |
Enter the IP address of the external service to which the rule applies. |
Comment |
Enter a description of the rule. |
Enabled |
Select to enable the rule. |
3. | Click Add. The external service rule is added to the Current rules region: |
Editing and Removing External Service Rules
To edit or remove existing external service rules, use Edit and Remove in the Current rules area.