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Chapter 19 Setting and Using Policies and Customizing VMware Player

4 (Optional)UsetheRuleEditordialogboxtospecifythetypeoftraffic,whetherto

blockorallowtrafficfromspecifiednetworklocations,theprotocol,andportsor

portranges.

 Addresses–Toeditanexistinghostnameoraddress,double‐clickthatitem

andeditit.ThewildcardsettingforallIPaddressesis0.0.0.0/0.

 Protocol–Toalloworblockcommunicationforaspecificprotocol,select

CustomfromtheProtocollist.Theprotocolnumberisinthepacket.Ifthat

numbermatchesthenumbersuppliedintheCustomfield,thepacketis

allowedorbloc kedastherulespecifies.Theprotocolnumberisusedinthe

proto

colfieldofIPv4packets.

Foralistofprotocolnumbers,seetheInternetAssignedNumbers

Authority (IANA)organization’sWebsite.Mostprotocolnumbersare

permanentlyassigned.

 RemotePortsandLocalPorts–IfyouareusingeitherTCPorUDPandwant

toqualifytherulewithspecificportnumbersforthistypeoftraffic,typethe

portnumbersorport‐numberranges.

Thewildcardportsettingisʺʺ(doublequotationmarks).

Usuallyyouspecifyfilteringoneitherlocalorremoteports,notbot

h,because

thspecificationshavetomatchfortheruletobeapplied.(DHCPrepresents

anexceptiontothisgeneralrule.)

Thelocalportisthesourceportforoutgoingpacketsandthedestinationport

forincomingpackets.Typicallyyouspecifyalocalportwhenthehostorgu

est

isbeingusedasaserverobtainingremoteconnectionsonsomeport.

Theremoteportisthesourceportforincomingpacketsandthedestination

portforoutgoingpackets.Typicallyyouspecifyaremoteportwhenthehost

orguestisaclientandiscontactingaremoteserveronsomeport.

Change NAT Settings

YoucanusetheNATfeatureofthenetworkaccesspolicytospecifytheIPaddress

rangeforthevirtualnetworkVMnet8ontheACEinstance’shostsystem.Youdeploy

thisnetworkpropertiessettingwiththeACEpackage.

CAUTIONIfyousetthisproperty,thesettingaffectsalloftheACEinstancesandvirtual

machinesonthisinstance’shostsystem.

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