Allowed or prohibited names
These are the characters allowed or prohibited on items saved on your firewall:
Firewall name
Firewall name must not exceed 127 characters. Allowed characters:
<alphanum> - _ .
Login and password
- Login (prohibited characters):
" <tab> & ~ | = * < > ! ( ) [ ] / \ $ % ? ' ` <space> : ; @ + ,
- PPTP login (allowed characters):
<alphanum> - _ .
- Password (prohibited characters):
" <tab> <space>
Filter and NAT
Comment and separator (prohibited characters):
< > "
Interface names
- Names of interface must not exceed 15 characters. Names of interfaces may not contain the following words if they are immediately followed by numbers (e.g.: ethernet0, dialup123):
loopback ethernet wifi dialup vlan bridge agg ipsec sslvpn gretun gretap
- Names must not begin with the following prefixes:
firewall network serial loopback
- Names must not be a reserved word:
Ipsec dynamic sslvpn any protected notprotected
- Names must not contain the following characters:
@ " # <tab> <space>
Network objects
Object name
- Object names must not exceed 255 characters. Prohibited characters:
<tab> <space> | ! " # , = @ [ \ ]
- Prohibited prefixes:
Firewall_ Network_ ephemeral_ Global_
- Prohibited names:
any internet none anonymous broadcast all
Comment
- Prohibited characters:
< > # @ "
DNS (FQDN) name objects
Object names must not exceed 255 characters. Allowed characters:
<alphanum> . -
Certificates and PKI
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The C field must not exceed 2 characters.
-
The CN field must not exceed 64 characters.
-
Certificate name (prohibited characters):
/ <tab> " ` % :
-
Certificate short name (prohibited characters):
/ <tab> " ` % : \
-
Certification authority name (prohibited characters):
` " : _ [ / ]
Users
- User name in the database (prohibited characters):
<tab> " , ; & ~ | = * < > ! ( ) \
- Name of the group in the User database (prohibited characters):
<tab> <space> & ~ | = * < > ! ( ) \ $ % ! ' " ‘
- LDAP database path: DN, CA Dn and consort (prohibited characters):
" & ~ | * < > ! ( )
IPsec VPN
Name of the IPsec peer (prohibited characters):
# = @ [ \ ]
SSL VPN
- Web server login (allowed characters):
<alphanum> - _ . :
- Prefix of the URL’s root directory: (allowed characters):
<alphanum> - _
Quality of Service (QoS)
QoS queues
- Names must not exceed 31 characters (prohibited characters):
@ [ ] # ! \ " | <space> <tab>
- Names must not contain any of the following reserved expressions:
internet any any_v4 any_v6 firewall_ network_ broadcast anonymous none all original
Traffic shapers
Names must not exceed 15 characters (prohibited characters):
@ [ ] # ! \ " | <space> <tab>
E-mail alerts
-
E-mail addresses of SMTP server (prohibited characters):
<alphanum> ! # $ % & \ * + - / = ? _ ` { } | ~ .
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Name of e-mail groups (prohibited characters):
<tab> <space> | ! " # , = @ [ \ ]
Web services
Web service names must not exceed 19 characters. Allowed characters:
<alphanum>