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Packets from the LAN
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Inspect all packets (Factory
default)
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Disable Inspection
Malformed Packets
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Drop all malformed packets (Factory default)
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Do not drop malformed packets
Hackers sometimes intentionally generate network packets that are malformed. The reason might
be to try and confuse, or even crash the system stacks in the computers connected to the
network. Letting the appliances drop these packets guarantees that they will not cause any
damage in the protected LAN.
4.4 Email Notification
The appliances have support for sending regular emails containing information about the number
of events in the system and their severity. This is a useful feature since it will not be required to
constantly monitor the appliance through the monitoring application.
4.4.1 Setting Up Email Notification
To set up email notification, login to the configuration application and navigate to Admin –
Configuration. Locate the box called “Email Notifications. The box will look as follows:
Figure 4.4 Email notification setup box.
4.4.2 Email Notification
This dropdown box contains four options.
Disabled
- Email notification disabled.
Enabled, once per day
- Generates one email per day with event information.
Enabled, once per 6 hours - Generates four emails per day with event information.
