Chapter 13 Firewall
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 50 Security > Firewall > General
LABEL | DESCRIPTION |
Enable Firewall | Select this check box to activate the firewall. The |
| control and protects against Denial of Service (DoS) attacks when the firewall is |
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Apply | Click Apply to save the settings. |
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Reset | Click Reset to start configuring this screen again. |
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13.5 Services Screen
If an outside user attempts to probe an unsupported port on your
You can also use this screen to enable service blocking, enter/delete/modify the services you want to block and the date/time you want to block them.
Click Security > Firewall > Services. The screen appears as shown next.
Figure 77 Security > Firewall > Services
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 51 Security > Firewall > Services
LABEL | DESCRIPTION |
ICMP | Internet Control Message Protocol is a message control and |
| protocol between a host server and a gateway to the Internet. ICMP uses |
| Internet Protocol (IP) datagrams, but the messages are processed by the TCP/IP |
| software and directly apparent to the application user. |
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Respond to Ping | The |
on | selected. Select LAN to reply to incoming LAN Ping requests. Select WAN to |
| reply to incoming WAN Ping requests. Otherwise select LAN & WAN to reply to |
| all incoming LAN and WAN Ping requests. |
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