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Chapter 6
Configuring Security Settings
Rule Management
4OCREATEACUSTOMSETOFRULESCLICKTHEh5SERvRADIOBUTTONTHENCLICK
New
. The
h2ULE-ANAGEMENTvSCREENAPPEARS
In this screen, the user can create a custom set of rules for a game or application
NOTLISTEDINTHE!PPLICATIONSSCREEN%NTERTHEh2ULE.AMEvh0ROTOCOLvh0ORT
3TARTvh0ORT%NDvANDh0ORT-APvINTHEAPPROPRIATETEXTBOXESTHENCLICK
Apply
.
The rules are summarized at the bottom of the screen, and the rule set will appear
INTHE!PPLICATIONSSCREENAFTERCLICKING
Back
.
DMZ Hosting
Selecting
DMZ
Hosting
INTHEh3ECURITYvSCREENGENERATESTHEh
DMZ
(OSTINGv
screen. To use
DMZ
hosting, select the computer on the network to be used as a
DMZ
host in the “
DMZ
Host
0#
.AMEvDROPDOWNMENUTHENCLICK
On
.
DMZ
hosting is used to support online gaming and Internet conferencing services.
These programs usually require multiple open ports, making the network acces-
sible from the Internet.
DMZ
hosting symbolically places the
DMZ
host computer
outside of the Gateway’s network. We recommend activating
DMZ
hosting only as
long as necessary.
When finished with this screen, click
Apply
to save the changes.
M
Warning
:
The
DMZ
Host computer will be vulnerable to com-
puter hackers on the Internet while in
DMZ
mode.
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