DGFV338 ProSafe Wireless ADSL Modem VPN Firewall Router Reference Manual
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Security and Firewall Protection
v1.0, May 2008
Your rule will now appear in the Inbound Services table of the Rules menu (see
Figure 4-10
). This
rule is different from a normal inbound port forwarding rule in that the Destination box contains an
IP Address other than your normal WAN IP Address.
To test the connection from a PC on the Internet, enter
http://<IP_address>
, where
<IP_address>
is the public IP address you have mapped to your Web server. You should see the home page of
your Web server.
Inbound Rule Example: Exposed Host
Specifying an exposed host allows you to set up a computer or server that is available to anyone on
the Internet for services that you haven't defined.
To expose one of the PCs on your LAN as this host (see
Figure 4-11
):
1.
Create an inbound rule that allows all protocols.
2.
Place the rule below all other inbound rules by the clicking the
Down
icon adjacent to the rule.
Figure 4-10
Note:
For security, NETGEAR strongly recommends that you avoid creating an
exposed host. When a computer is designated as the exposed host, it loses
much of the protection of the firewall and is exposed to many exploits from the
Internet. If compromised, the computer can be used to attack your network.
