Chapter 8 Security

Table 52 DDOS (continued)

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Prevent from

Select this to monitor for and block ping of death attacks.

PING of Death

A Ping of Death (POD) attack is one where larger-than-allowed ping packets are

 

 

fragmented then sent against a client device. This results in the client device

 

suffering from a buffer overflow and subsequent system crash.

 

 

Prevent from

Select this to ignore ping requests from the WAN.

PING from WAN

 

 

 

8.5 PPTP VPN Server

Use this screen to configure settings for a Point to Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) server.

Click Security > PPTP VPN > PPTP Server to open this screen as shown next.

Figure 71 PPTP Server

This screen contains the following fields:

Table 53 PPTP Server

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

PPTP Server

 

 

 

Enable

Use this field to turn the WiMAX Device’S PPTP VPN function on or off.

 

 

Server Name

Enter the server name for the PPTP VPN connection.

 

 

 

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