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Example 2: Blocking Access from a Region

This section describes how to block access traffic from a region. For more parameter settings, see Configuring Protection Rules to Block or Allow Internet Border Traffic.

Blocking Access from a Region

The following figure shows a rule that blocks all access traffic from Ireland.

Figure 1 Intercepting the access traffic from Ireland

**Table 1** Blocking Access from a Region
Parameter	Example Value	Description
Direction	Inbound	Direction of the protected traffic.
Source	Countries and regions Ireland	Origin of network traffic.
Destination	Any	Receiver of network traffic.
Service	Any	Protocol, source port, and destination port of network traffic.
Application	Any	Protection policy for application layer protocols.
Action	Block	Action taken when traffic passes through the firewall.

Follow-up Operations

Checking protection outcomes

Policy hits: For details about the protection overview, see Viewing Protection Information Using the Policy Assistant. For details about logs, see Access Control Logs.
For details about the traffic trend and statistics, see Traffic Analysis. For details about traffic records, see Traffic Logs.

References

For details about protection rule parameters, see Configuring Protection Rules to Block or Allow Internet Border Traffic.
For details about blacklist and whitelist configuration, see Adding Blacklist or Whitelist Items to Block or Allow Traffic.
For details about how to batch add protection policies, see Importing and Exporting Protection Policies.
For details about how to block network attacks, see Configuring Intrusion Prevention.
For details about antivirus, see Configuring Virus Defense.

Parent Topic: Configuring an Access Control Policy

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