Accton Technology AC-IG2004W manual Security, Virtual Private Network

Applications

•Security

The CheetahAccess Wireless Gateway supports security features that can deny Internet access to specified users, or filter all requests for specific services the administrator does not want to serve. The CheetahAccess Wireless Gateway’s firewall can also block common hacker attacks, including IP Spoofing, Land Attack, Ping of Death, IP with zero length, Smurf Attack, UDP port loopback, Snork Attack, TCP null scan, and TCP SYN flooding.

•Virtual Private Network

The CheetahAccess Wireless Gateway supports three of the most commonly used VPN protocols – PPTP, L2TP and IPSec. These protocols allow remote users to establish a secure connection to their corporate network. If your service provider supports VPNs, then any of these protocols can be used to create an authenticated and encrypted tunnel for passing secure data over the Internet (i.e., a traditionally shared data network). The VPN protocols supported by the CheetahAccess Wireless Gateway are briefly described below.

-Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol – Provides a secure tunnel for remote client access to a PPTP security gateway. PPTP includes provisions for call origination and flow control required by ISPs.

-Layer Two Tunneling Protocol – Includes most of the features provided by PPTP, but has less overhead and is more suited for managed networks.

-IP Security – Provides IP network-layer encryption. IPSec can support large encryption networks (such as the Internet) by using digital certificates for device authentication.

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