NETGEAR UTM50-100NAS, UTM5-100NAS manual Configuring Remote Management Access

ProSecure Unified Threat Management (UTM) Appliance Reference Manual

Configuring Remote Management Access

An administrator can configure, upgrade, and check the status of the UTM over the Internet via a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) VPN connection.

Note: When remote management is enabled and administrative access through a WAN interface is granted (see “Configuring Login Policies” on page 9-12), the UTM’s Web Management Interface is accessible to anyone who knows its IP address and default password. Because a malicious WAN user can reconfigure the UTM and misuse it in many ways, NETGEAR highly recommends that you change the admin and guest default passwords before continuing (see “Changing Passwords and Administrator Settings” on page 10-9).

To configure the UTM for remote management:

1.Select Administration > Remote Management from the menu The Remote Management screen displays.

Figure 10-3

2.Select one of the following radio buttons:

•Yes. Enable HTTPS remote management. This is the default setting.

•No. Disable HTTPS remote management.

Warning: If you are remotely connected to the UTM and you select the No radio button, you and all other SSL VPN users are disconnected when you click Apply.

3.As an option, you can change the default HTTPS port. The default port number is 443.

10-12 Network and System Management

v1.0, January 2010