WatchGuard Technologies FireboxTM System 4.6 User Manual

User Guide

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PART III

Configuring a Security Policy

This section describes how to configure your security system. Its primary focus is on 
using the WatchGuard Control Center and Policy Manager to develop and 
implement a network security policy. It includes chapters on:

The WatchGuard Control Center is an intuitive management, monitoring, and 
reporting package that puts everything you need at your fingertips. From a 
single location, you can configure your system, implement security policies, 
and monitor all of your protected systems. 

Complete basic tasks related to setting up and using the Firebox hardware, 
including opening and saving configuration files, and setting the Firebox time 
zone.

After installation, the next step in implementing a security policy is to 
delineate your network. Set up either a drop-in or routed network, add 
secondary networks, and define network and host routes.

Use default packet handling to establish a global policy for dynamically 
blocking packets and sites. Alternatively, configure your network to 
permanently block individual sites and ports.

With the network configured, apply protection for individual services such as 
SMTP and FTP. Define both incoming and outgoing traffic rules as well as 
specific service properties.

Use the WebBlocker feature of the WatchGuard Firebox System in conjunction 
with the HTTP proxy to provide Web-site filtering capabilities. This enables