Netgear SRXN3205 SRXN3205 Reference Manual - Page 75

ProSafe Wireless-N VPN Firewall SRXN3205 Reference Manual Chapter 5 Firewall Security and Content Filtering This chapter describes how to set up your firewall and use the content filtering features of the SRXN3205 VPN firewall to protect your network. This chapter contains the following sections: • "About Firewall Security and Content Filtering" • "Using Rules & Services to Block or Allow Traffic" • "Setting Schedules to Block or Allow Traffic" • "Setting Block Sites (Content Filtering)" • "Enabling Source MAC Filtering (Address Filter)" • "Enabling Port Triggering" • "Bandwidth Profile" • "UPnP (Universal Plug and Play)" • "E-Mail Notifications of Event Logs and Alerts" • "Administrator Tips" About Firewall Security and Content Filtering The ProSafe Wireless-N VPN Firewall provides you with Web content filtering options, plus browsing activity reporting and instant alerts via e-mail. Network administrators can establish restricted access policies based on time-of-day, Web addresses, and Web address keywords. You can also block Internet access by applications and services, such as chat or games. A firewall is a special category of router that protects one network (the "trusted" network, such as your LAN) from another (the untrusted network, such as the Internet), while allowing communication between the two. You can further segment keyword blocking to certain known groups (see "Managing Groups and Hosts (LAN Groups)" on page 3-4 to set up LAN Groups). Firewall Security and Content Filtering 5-1 v1.0, October 2008