Statistics on the use of rules 

In the active security policy, each activated filter and NAT rule also displays a counter that shows the number of times the rule has been used. When scrolling over the icon with a mouse, a tooltip will indicate the exact number of times the rule has been executed. The 4 levels of use correspond to the following values, according to the percentage on the counter of the rule most frequently used:

  0%
  1 from 0 to 2%
  2 from 2 to 20% (from 2 to 100% if the counter is lower than 10 000)
  3 from 20 to 100 %, with a minimum of 10 000 times (otherwise the previous level will be displayed)

To obtain a new indicator, clicking on Reset rule statistics will start a new count. This counter will be reinitialized if:

  • One of the parameters in the rule has been modified (except for comments),
  • Another policy has been enabled,
  • The firewall has been restarted.

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