Chapter 2 LSM Navigation

Navigation

You can access the available features of the LSM by selecting an option from the navigation area. The LSM displays the page you select in the content and functionality area of the browser. Each option list displays a tier of links and features for maintaining and monitoring the device

The following table lists the available options in the navigation area:

Table 2–2: Navigation Options

Option

Description

 

 

 

 

IPS

• Create and manage security profiles used to monitor traffic between security

 

zones. This includes reviewing category settings, creating filter overrides, and

 

specifying limits and exceptions for user-specified IP address.

 

• Create and manage traffic threshold filters, action sets, and ports for IPS

 

services.

 

• Manage and configure settings for IPS filters, the Threat Suppression Engine

 

(TSE), and global Adaptive Filter.

 

See “Chapter 3‚ “IPS Filtering” for more information.

 

 

Firewall

• View and configure settings for the firewall.

 

• View and configure web filtering for the web filter service and create a custom

 

filter list to permit or block traffic based on user-specified URLs.

 

See Chapter 4‚ “Firewall” for more information.

 

 

VPN

View, configure and manage settings for site-to-site and/or client-to-site VPN

 

connections. See Chapter 7‚ “VPN” for more information.

 

 

Events

• View, download, print, and reset Alert, Audit, Block, and System logs.

 

• View graphs reporting on traffic flow, traffic-related events, and statistics on

 

firewall hit counts and triggered filters (attack, rate limit, traffic threshold,

 

quarantine and adaptive filter).

 

• Monitor, search, and maintain traffic streams for adaptive filtering, blocked

 

streams, and rate-limited streams. Manually quarantine an IP address or

 

release a quarantined IP address.

 

• View reports on traffic flow, traffic-related events, and statistics on firewall hit

 

counts and triggered filters (attack, rate limit, traffic threshold, quarantine and

 

adaptive filter).

 

• View the status of hardware components, performance (throughput), and

 

system health.

 

See Chapter 5‚ “Events: Logs, Traffic Streams, Reports” for more information.

 

 

System

• Configure system controls such as time options, SMS/NMS interaction, and

 

High Availability.

 

• Download and install software and Digital Vaccine (filter) updates.

 

See Chapter 8‚ “System” for more information.

 

 

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