PART III Configuring a Security Policy

This section describes how to configure your security system. Its primary focus is on using the WatchGuard Control Center and Policy Manager to develop and implement a network security policy. It includes chapters on:

WatchGuard Control Center

The WatchGuard Control Center is an intuitive management, monitoring, and reporting package that puts everything you need at your fingertips. From a single location, you can configure your system, implement security policies, and monitor all of your protected systems.

Firebox basics

Complete basic tasks related to setting up and using the Firebox hardware, including opening and saving configuration files, and setting the Firebox time zone.

Configure a network

After installation, the next step in implementing a security policy is to delineate your network. Set up either a drop-in or routed network, add secondary networks, and define network and host routes.

Block sites and ports

Use default packet handling to establish a global policy for dynamically blocking packets and sites. Alternatively, configure your network to permanently block individual sites and ports.

Configure services

With the network configured, apply protection for individual services such as SMTP and FTP. Define both incoming and outgoing traffic rules as well as specific service properties.

Control Web traffic

Use the WebBlocker feature of the WatchGuard Firebox System in conjunction with the HTTP proxy to provide Web-site filtering capabilities. This enables

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