
FR328S Cable/DSL ProSafe Firewall with Dial Back-Up
Protecting Your Network
3-3
Procedure 3-1: Changing the Administrator Login Timeout
For security, the administrator's login to the
firewall
configuration will timeout after a period of
inactivity. To change the login timeout period:
1.
In the Set Password menu, type a number in ‘Administrator login times out’ field.The
suggested default value is 5 minutes.
2.
Click Apply to save your changes or click Cancel to keep the current period.
Configuring Basic Firewall Services
Basic firewall services you can configure include access blocking and scheduling of firewall
security. These topics are presented below.
Blocking Keywords, Sites, and Services
The
firewall provides a variety of options for blocking Internet based content and
communications services.
With its content filtering feature, the FR328S Firewall prevents
objectionable content from reaching your PCs. The FR328S allows you to control access to
Internet content by screening for keywords within Web addresses. Key content filtering options
include:
•
Blocks access from your LAN to Internet locations that you specify as off-limits.
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Keyword blocking of newsgroup names.
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Outbound Services Blocking limits access from your LAN to Internet locations or services
that you specify as off-limits.
•
Denial of Service (DoS) protection. Automatically detects and thwarts Denial of Service
(DoS) attacks such as Ping of Death, SYN Flood, LAND Attack and IP Spoofing.
•
Blocks unwanted traffic from the Internet to your LAN.
The section below explains how to configure your
firewall to perform these functions.
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