ZyXEL p-660h-61 Guida Utente
Prestige 660H Series User’s Guide
Firewall Configuration
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Chapter 11
Firewall Configuration
This chapter shows you how to enable and configure the Prestige firewall.
11.1 Remote Management and the Firewall
When remote management is configured to allow management (see the Remote Management chapter)
and the firewall is enabled:
and the firewall is enabled:
♦
The firewall blocks remote management from the WAN unless you configure a firewall rule to
allow it.
allow it.
♦
The firewall allows remote management from the LAN.
11.2 Enabling the Firewall
Click Firewall and then Config to display the following screen. Select the Firewall Enabled check
box and click Apply to enable (or activate) the firewall.
box and click Apply to enable (or activate) the firewall.
Figure 11-1 Enabling the Firewall
11.3 Attack Alert
Attack alerts are real-time reports of DoS attacks. In the Alert screen, shown later, you may choose to
generate an alert whenever an attack is detected. For DoS attacks, the Prestige uses thresholds to
determine when to drop sessions that do not become fully established. These thresholds apply globally
to all sessions.
generate an alert whenever an attack is detected. For DoS attacks, the Prestige uses thresholds to
determine when to drop sessions that do not become fully established. These thresholds apply globally
to all sessions.
You can use the default threshold values, or you can change them to values more suitable to your
security requirements.
security requirements.