CONFIGURING THE BARRICADE

Parameter

Defaults Description

Stateful Packet

This option allows you to select different

Inspection

application types that are using dynamic port

 

numbers. If you wish to use Stateful Packet

 

Inspection (SPI) for blocking packets, click on the

 

Yes radio button in the “Enable SPI and Anti-DoS

 

firewall protection” field and then check the

 

inspection type that you need, such as Packet

 

Fragmentation, TCP Connection, UDP Session,

 

FTP Service and TFTP Service.

 

It is called a “stateful” packet inspection because it

 

examines the contents of the packet to determine

 

the state of the communication; i.e., it ensures that

 

the stated destination computer has previously

 

requested the current communication. This is a

 

way of ensuring that all communications are

 

initiated by the recipient computer and are taking

 

place only with sources that are known and trusted

 

from previous interactions. In addition to being

 

more rigorous in their inspection of packets,

 

stateful inspection firewalls also close off ports

 

until a connection to the specific port is requested.

 

When particular types of traffic are checked, only

 

the particular type of traffic initiated from the

 

internal LAN will be allowed. For example, if the

 

user only checks FTP Service in the Stateful Packet

 

Inspection section, all incoming traffic will be

 

blocked except for FTP connections initiated from

 

the local LAN.

When hackers

 

attempt to enter

 

your network,

 

we can alert you

 

by email

 

Your E-mail

Enter your email address.

Address

 

SMTP Server

Enter your SMTP server address (usually the part

Address

of the email address following the “@” sign).

POP3 Server

Enter your POP3 server address (usually the part

Address

of the email address following the “@” sign).

User Name

Enter your email account user name.

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