Firewall
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6. Firewall
The SnapGear appliance has a fully featured, stateful firewall. The firewall allows you to
control both incoming and outgoing access, so that PCs on the office network can have
tailored Internet access facilities and are shielded from malicious attacks.
The firewall filters packets at the network layer, determines whether the session packets
are legitimate and evaluates the contents of packets at the application layer to provide
maximum protection for your private network.
Incoming Access
Click
Incoming Access
on the
Firewall
menu to show the
Incoming Access
configuration page to configure the firewall to:
•
Control external access to services provided by the SnapGear appliance itself.
•
Control services provided by machines on your local network.
