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Quick Start Guide

10

To create the “No IP Initiation” policy, follow the steps below.

1

In the Management Console 

Main

 menu, select 

New

 -> 

Policy

. The Create 

a New Policy window appears.

2

Type 

No IP Initiation 

in the Policy field and click 

OK

. The new policy 

information appears in the working frame.

3

Select the following policy-setting check boxes:

No Sniffing

No Spoofing, No Routing

Allow non-IP Traffic

Allow Fragmented IP Packets

Allow IP Options

4

Select 

Allow All Traffic

 in the Fallback Mode drop-down list. A fallback 

policy is used by a NIC if it is unable to reach the Policy Server on boot-up. 

5

Type a description of the policy in the Description field, if desired. This field 
is optional and exists solely to assist an administrator in assigning policies. 
You can include information about what the policy does, or when to use 
it (for example, the bulleted information provided at the beginning of 
this section).

6

The access control list (ACL) initially contains only the default rule. Add the 
Windows 2000 Standard rule set as follows:

a

In the 

Policy

 menu, select 

Rule Set

 (or click the 

 icon). The Rule Set 

Manager window appears.

b

Click on the 

Windows 2000 Standard Rule Set 

(that you imported in 

step 4 on page 9) to select it, and then click 

Add To Policy. 

c

Click 

Close

. The rule set should appear in the ACL.

7

Create a “Deny outbound TCP SYN” rule as follows:

a

In the 

Policy

 menu, select 

Add Rule

 (or click the 

 icon). A new rule 

appears in the ACL.

b

Click in the Rule Name cell, and type 

Deny outbound TCP SYN

.

c

Click in the Action cell, and select 

Deny

 from the drop-down list.

d

Click in the Source IP Address cell, and select

 

EFW Device IP

 from the 

drop-down list.

e

Click in the IP Protocol cell, and select 

tcp (6) init 

from the 

drop-down list.

Summary of Contents for 3CR990

Page 1: ...3Com Embedded Firewall Software for the 3CR990 Network Interface Card NIC Family Quick Start Guide http www 3com com http www 3com com registration frontpg pl 09 2110 000 Published December 2001...

Page 2: ...ges in the product s and or the program s described in this documentation at any time If there is any software on removable media described in this documentation it is furnished under a license agreem...

Page 3: ...ecovery diskette 5 Importing the No sniffing no spoofing pre defined Policy and Assigning it to the Default Device Set 6 Installing and Registering an EFW NIC 7 Verifying NIC Registration 8 Changing t...

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Page 5: ...information for expanding your EFW system to best suit your security needs What You Will Need Before you install the EFW software you will need A computer to host the Policy Server and Management Cons...

Page 6: ...w provide instructions for installing a Policy Server and Management Console on a single system using the Typical installation method 1 Insert the 3Com product CD in the appropriate drive the Installa...

Page 7: ...s offered on this screen 2 Select Confirm Create New Domain 3 Enter a domain name in the Domain Name field The domain name is used only as a reference to assist you in identifying a particular domain...

Page 8: ...w system are as follows Login admin Password admin 3 Select the Policy Server that you just created from the Policy Server list 4 Click Connect The Embedded Firewall Management Console window appears...

Page 9: ...upon creation of a new EFW domain After installing your first policy server in an EFW domain it is critical to make a copy of the files named public key and server keystore from your installation Sav...

Page 10: ...fing pre defined policy follow the steps below 1 From the Main menu select Import Policy Rule set The Import Policy Rule Set window appears 2 Select Policy and click Next 3 Click Browse and navigate t...

Page 11: ...ry on the computer that will receive the EFW NIC installation on a computer on which a 3Com 3CR990 NIC is installed NOTE You may assign any policy to the default device set The No sniffing no spoofing...

Page 12: ...w frame The NIC should be listed in the default device set 4 If desired remove the temporary directory created for the NIC installation package For information on other installation methods refer to t...

Page 13: ...indows 2000 Standard rule set you can create a sample policy by following the steps in the section below Creating a Policy In this section you will create a sample policy called the No IP Initiation p...

Page 14: ...include information about what the policy does or when to use it for example the bulleted information provided at the beginning of this section 6 The access control list ACL initially contains only t...

Page 15: ...evious section A device set is a collection of EFW devices that are associated with a specific policy You can define any number of device sets and assign EFW devices to any one of those device sets To...

Page 16: ...ion policy To ensure that the policy is functioning as expected the following steps attempt to connect to the Internet by initiating the TCP protocol HTTP which should be denied by the policy being en...

Page 17: ...de Expanding Your EFW Configuration Now that you have a basic EFW system configured and running you can expand your configuration as needed to best suit your organization s security needs The followin...

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