Chapter 1 Getting to know your BCM50a Integrated Router
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BCM50a Integrated Router Configuration — Advanced
Certificates
The BCM50a Integrated Router can use certificates (also called digital IDs) to
authenticate users. Certificates are based on public-private key pairs. Certificates
provide a way to exchange public keys for use in authentication.
SSH
The BCM50a Integrated Router uses the SSH (Secure Shell) secure
communication protocol to provide secure encrypted communication between two
hosts over an unsecured network.
HTTPS
HyperText Transfer Protocol over Secure Socket Layer, or HTTP over SSL is a
web protocol that encrypts and decrypts web sessions. Use HTTPS for secure
WebGUI access to the BCM50a Integrated Router.
Firewall
The BCM50a Integrated Router has a stateful inspection firewall with DoS
(Denial of Service) protection. By default, when the firewall is activated, all
incoming traffic from the WAN (Wide Area Network) to the LAN is blocked
unless it is initiated from the LAN. The BCM50a Integrated Router firewall
supports TCP/UDP inspection, DoS detection and protection, real time alerts,
reports and logs.
Brute force password guessing protection
The BCM50a Integrated Router has a special protection mechanism to discourage
brute force password guessing attacks on the BCM50a Integrated Router
management interfaces. You can specify a wait time that must expire before you
can enter a fourth password after entering three incorrect passwords.
Summary of Contents for BCM50a
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Page 28: ...28 Preface N0115791 ...
Page 44: ...44 Chapter 2 Introducing the SMT N0115791 SMT menus at a glance Figure 6 SMT overview ...
Page 52: ...52 Chapter 2 SMT menu 1 general setup N0115791 ...
Page 64: ...64 Chapter 4 LAN setup N0115791 ...
Page 68: ...68 Chapter 5 Internet access N0115791 ...
Page 82: ...82 Chapter 6 Remote Node setup N0115791 ...
Page 114: ...114 Chapter 9 Network Address Translation NAT N0115791 ...
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Page 144: ...144 Chapter 13 System security N0115791 ...
Page 160: ...160 Chapter 14 System information and diagnosis N0115791 ...
Page 174: ...174 Chapter 15 Firmware and configuration file maintenance N0115791 ...
Page 188: ...188 Chapter 17 Remote Management N0115791 ...
Page 208: ...208 Appendix B Triangle Route N0115791 ...
Page 228: ...228 Appendix D PPPoE N0115791 ...
Page 230: ...230 Appendix E Hardware specifications N0115791 ...
Page 240: ...240 Appendix F IP subnetting N0115791 ...
Page 278: ...278 Appendix G Command Interpreter N0115791 ...
Page 308: ...308 Appendix J Log descriptions N0115791 ...
Page 310: ...310 Appendix K Brute force password guessing protection N0115791 ...