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IP Filter

The IP filter can be used to indicate which IP addresses are allowed or restricted when the Web User connects to

Managed File Transfer

. Both IPv4 and IPv6 address formats are supported.

Enable IP Filter: The IP Filter can be enabled or disabled at the individual Web User level.
Filter Type: Blacklist will deny any specified addresses and permit all others, whereas a Whitelist will only permit the specified addresses and deny all others. In most cases a Global IP Filter is set to Blacklist addresses that are known threats. At the Web User level, it is common to specify a white list of allowable addresses.
Filter Entries: The Filter Entries is a list of IP addresses that will either be denied or permitted based on the Filter Type selected above. Click a row to type an IP address in either single, range, or CIDR notation format. Do not leave spaces between hyphens or slashes when specifying ranges or using CIDR notation (for example, 10.1.4.1/24 or 10.1.4.1-10.1.255.255). A red flag on an entry simply indicates that it is a new entry.
Note: A single IPv4 address is comprised of four sets of three numbers from 0 to 255, separated by periods. A single IPv6 address is comprised of eight sets of four hexidecimal numbers, separated by colons. An IP range includes all the addresses between two specified addresses. The addresses are separated by a hyphen. An IP address in CIDR notation is an IP address followed by a "prefix." The prefix notates a range of IP addresses without the need to type all the sets.