Planning for packet rules

Before you connect any of your network resources to the Internet, you need to develop a security plan and understand the potential security risks involved.

In general, gather detailed information about how you plan to use the Internet as well as a document that describes your internal network configuration. Based on the results of gathering this information, you can accurately evaluate your security needs. System i™ and Internet security provides you with the details you need to create a total network security plan.

After you develop a plan, you can begin to configure your packet rules.

• Packet rules: User authority requirements
  Before you can administer packet rules on your System i platform, ensure that you have the necessary access authorities. You must have *IOSYSCFG special authority in your user profile.

• Packet rules: System requirements
  You need to ensure that the system meets the minimum system requirements to work with packet rules.

• Packet rules: Planning worksheet
  You can use the planning worksheet of packet rules to gather detailed information about your packet rules usage plan.

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