================================= Configuring the IP Filter Option: ================================= There are two STR# resources in the application that deal with IP filtering. They are labelled Allow and Deny. Here is how they work: All address are assumed to be allowed from the start If a match is found in the Deny list, the connection is denied unless a match is also found in the Allow list. This is so you can do stuff like: Deny: 10.20.30.* Allow: 10.20.30.40 To deny all hosts in network 10.20.30, but allow one of those hosts to connect, 10.20.30.40. You can only put IP addresses in the lists, no host names. The '*' is a wildcard and matches all values of that field.