ZyXEL 35 Guia Do Utilizador

 

 

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To Control IM/P2P Applications Usage to Increase Employee Productivity 

 

IM (Instant Message)/P2P (Peer to Peer) applications are popular nowadays. For example people may use MSN 

messenger (an IM application from Microsoft) to chat, send/receive files and use eDonkey (a P2P application) 

to do file-sharing …such applications are popular medium for spreading viruses, backdoor programs, or 

Trojans. The computers in the LAN zone might be infected silently when these IM/P2P applications are 

running in these computers. The ZyWALL 5 UTM IDP security service provides an effective extension to 

manage (allow or block) these IM/P2P applications. 

Following are examples on how to use the IDP service in ZyWALL 35 UTM to manage MSN messenger 

usage to stop virus/Trojans from spreading and lead to more productivity. 

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 portion of the example will show to stop employees from using company’s bandwidth to do file sharing at 

anytime. 

ZyWALL 5 UTM started to support AV/IDP service with latest firmware 4.01(WZ.0). In order to take full 

advantage of the AV/IDP service in ZyWALL 5 UTM, it is mandatory to have a ZyWALL Turbo Card 

inserted in the Expansion Card Slot at the back of your ZyWALL 5 UTM. This Turbo Card will guarantee 

your ZyWALL 5 UTM can deliver its best performance. 

Please refer to step 1.1 in the page 4 on how to activate IDP/AV services for your ZyWALL 35 UTM 

1.  In IDP->General, check the Enable Intrusion Detection and Prevention check box to enable IDP