Geo Firewall exclusion of traffic from blocking

This article applies to the following products:

Geo Firewall

The following are the options to prevent the network traffic from being blocked by Geo Firewall.

1. Uncheck the territory the IP belongs to. This would allow traffic to/from all IPs from that territory.

On the Geo Rules tab of the main window, uncheck the territory.

2. Add IP (or IP range) into User-Defined Network list, and keep it unchecked. This allows the traffic to/from a known subnet.

Navigate to menu Tools->User-Defined Networks. Then, expand User-Defined Networks node on the Geo Rules tab of the main window and make sure the IP (or IP-range) is unchecked.

3. Add IP (or IP range) to the whitelist. The whitelist guarantees that no matter the settings the access to and from that IP (or IP range) will be allowed.

Navigate to menu Tools->Settings->Whitelisted IPs. Add IP address to the list, then click OK.

4. Add a Port Exception for a port to be open for the incoming traffic. This opens only a specific port(s) for incoming traffic from specific territories.

Navigate to Port Exceptions tab of the main window.
At the bottom-left click New. For TCP Ports (local) and/or UDP Ports (local) add the port (or the port range) for incoming traffic.
Within the Geo Bindings map, select(check) the territory the port should be open for access from. The access from other(unchecked) territories will stay unchanged - according to checks in the Geo Rules tab.

5. Allow all incoming and/or outgoing traffic by disabling blocking action within Settings. This disables incoming and/or outgoing blocking for all checked territories.

Navigate to menu Tools->Settings, select Geo Rules tab. Uncheck either Incoming traffic blocking action and/or Outgoing traffic blocking action.

Last updated: Sep 20, 2022.