SonicOS 7.1 Objects

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Working with Dynamic Address Objects

From its inception, SonicOS has used address objects to represent IP addresses in most areas throughout the user interface. For more information, refer to Types of Address Objects.

SonicOS supports the following types of dynamic address objects:

Object TypeDescription
MACSonicOS resolves MAC AOs to an IP address by referring to the ARP cache on the firewall.
FQDN
  • Fully Qualified Domain Names, such as www.reallybadWebsite.com, are resolved to their IP address (or IP addresses) using the DNS servers configured on the firewall. Wildcard entries using * are supported through the gleaning of responses to queries sent to the sanctioned DNS servers.
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