WatchGuard Technologies SOHO 6.1 manual Block External Sites

Block External Sites

5Enter the port number (or numbers if creating a range of ports) or enter the IP protocol number to allow in the appropriate fields and click Add.

After creating a custom service, you need to specify a filter rule as well as define the incoming and outgoing properties.

6At the Incoming and Outgoing Filter drop lists, select either Allow or Deny.

7Select either Host IP Address, Network IP Address, or Host

Range from the appropriate drop list.

The Custom Service page refreshes.

8Enter either a single host IP address, a network IP address, or the start and end of a range of host IP addresses for this custom service in the appropriate fields.

9Click Add.

Repeat the last three steps until all the appropriate address information for this custom service appears in the appropriate fields.

10Click Submit.

Block External Sites

By default, the security stance of the SOHO 6 is to deny all incoming traffic to the trusted network, but to allow all outgoing traffic. However, you can selectively block access to particular Internet sites entirely.

Follow these steps to configure blocked sites:

1From the navigation bar on the left side, select Firewall => Blocked Sites.

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