RCA 546 User Manual

SpeedTouch™ Web Interface

E-DOC-CTC-20050429-0100 v1.0

4.5.10 Firewall

Overview

The Overview page summarizes the overall security policy configured on your 
SpeedTouch™.

Configure

The Configure page allows you to select the security level of the SpeedTouch™.

Select one of following security levels:

: to protect your network from all attempts of incoming (from 

untrusted site) connection requests and to perform checks on outgoing (from 
trusted site) connections. This level is meant to prevent incoming malicious 
traffic.

: to protect your network from all incoming (from untrusted site) 

connection requests while permitting safe outgoing connections. This is the 
default.

: to allow all incoming and outgoing traffic. This does not mean the 

complete SpeedTouch™ firewall is disabled. It means all traffic coming in on one 
interface and going out on another is allowed, but access to the embedded 
services of the SpeedTouch™ (as telnet, web interface,...) is only allowed for 
clients residing on the LAN side, so the SpeedTouch™ itself stays protected.

:

Use this Security Level to block all outgoing connections except well known 
applications (DNS, HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, TELNET, IMAP, POP) and block all 
incoming connections. Game & Application sharing is not allowed by the 
firewall.