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Chapter 6: Configure the Firewall Settings
68 WatchGuard Firebox SOHO 6.1
Ping requests received on the External Network
You can configure the SOHO 6 to deny all ping packets that it
receives on the external interface.
1 Select Do not respond to PING requests received on External
Network .
2 Click Submit .
Denying FTP access to the Trusted Network
interface
You can configure the SOHO 6 to deny FTP access to the Trusted
interface.
1 Select
Do not allow FTP access to Trusted Network
.
2 Click Submit .
SOCKS implementation for the SOHO 6
SOCKS is a network proxy filter that works with SOCKS-aware
applications. A typical SOCKS-dependent application requires that
several sockets be opened and made available to the Internet.
When a SOCKS-aware application (ICQ is an example) registers
with the SOCKS server, SOCKS is able to manage the need of the
application to have many ports open.
To use an application with SOCKS, configure the application with
the SOCKS server information.
Setting up your SOCKS application for use with the SOHO 6
requires no reconfiguration of the SOHO 6 appliance itself. Your
SOHO 6 acts as the SOCKS proxy. You must, however, configure
your application to be compliant with the SOHO 6 implementation
of SOCKS version 5.
The SOHO 6 SOCKS feature has the following characteristics and
limitations: