
Applying Outbound Traffic Filters
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Changing Filter Precedence
You can assign as many as 31 outbound traffic filters per protocol to each router
interface. As you add filters to an interface, the Configuration Manager numbers
them chronologically (rule #1, rule #2, rule #3, and so on). The rule number
determines the filter precedence; lower rule numbers have higher precedence.
Figure 7-14 shows a sample listing of filters on an interface.
Figure 7-14. Sample List of Outbound Filters
The first filter has the highest precedence and a rule number of 1. Subsequent
filters created on the interface have decreasing precedence. If a packet matches
two filters, the filter with the highest precedence (lowest number) applies. For
example, if the first filter on the interface (rule #1) drops a packet and the second
filter (rule #2) accepts the same packet, rule #1 has precedence and the packet will
be dropped.
Try to create filters on the interface in order of precedence. However, if you can’t,
or if your filtering strategy changes, you can use the Priority/Outbound Filters
window to rearrange the precedence of existing filters.
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