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gakshay
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April 23, 2020

Technical Tip: IPv6 geography-based address support

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Description
Geography-based IPv6 addresses can be created and applied to IPv6 firewall policies.

This article describes how to create an
IPv6 geography-based address.

Solution
To create an IPv6 geography-based address in the GUI.

- Go to Policy and Objects -> Addresses.

- Select 'Create New' -> Address.

- Set Category to IPv6 address.

- Enter a name for the address.

- Set Type to IPv6 Geography.

- Select the country/region from the list.

- Optionally, enter comments.

- Select 'OK'.




To use the IPv6 geography address in a policy.

- Go to Policy & Objects -> Firewall Policy.

- Edit an existing policy, or create a new one, using the IPv6 geography address as the Source or Destination Address.




- In the policy list, hover over the address to view details.






To configure an IPv6 geography-based address in the CLI.

- Create an IPv6 geography-based address.
# config firewall address6
    edit "test-ipv6-geoip"
        set type geography
        set color 6
        set comment "IPv6 Geography address"
        set country "CA"
    next
end
- Use the IPv6 geography-based address in a policy.
# config firewall policy
    edit 1
        set name "test-policy6-1"
        set srcintf "wan2"
        set dstintf "wan1"
        set srcaddr6 "all"
        set dstaddr6 "test-ipv6-geoip"
        set action accept
        set schedule "always"
        set service "ALL"
        set nat enable
    next
end

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