User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- WatchGuard® Firebox® X Edge User Guide
- Certifications and Notices
- Declaration of Conformity
- Notice to Users
- WatchGuard Firebox Software
- End-User License Agreement
- Copyright, Trademark, and Patent Information
- Limited Hardware Warranty
- Abbreviations Used in this Guide
- CHAPTER 1 Introduction to Network Security
- CHAPTER 2 Installing the Firebox® X Edge
- CHAPTER 3 Configuration and Management Basics
- CHAPTER 4 Changing Your Network Settings
- Using the Network Setup Wizard
- Configuring the External Network
- Configuring the Trusted Network
- Configuring the Optional Network
- Enabling the optional network
- Changing the IP address of the optional network
- Using DHCP on the optional network
- Setting optional network DHCP address reservations
- Configuring the optional network for DHCP relay
- Using static IP addresses for optional computers
- Adding computers to the optional network
- Requiring encrypted connections
- Making Static Routes
- Viewing Network Statistics
- Registering with the Dynamic DNS Service
- Enabling the WAN Failover Option
- Enabling External Modem Failover
- CHAPTER 5 Setting up the Firebox X Edge Wireless
- CHAPTER 6 Configuring Firewall Settings
- CHAPTER 7 Configuring Logging
- CHAPTER 8 Configuring WebBlocker
- CHAPTER 9 Configuring Virtual Private Networks
- CHAPTER 10 Configuring the MUVPN Client
- CHAPTER 11 Managing the Firebox® X Edge
- Viewing Current Sessions and Users
- About User Authentication
- Adding or Editing a User Account
- About Seat Licenses
- Selecting HTTP or HTTPS for Firebox Management
- Changing the HTTP Server Port
- Setting up VPN Manager Access
- Updating the Firmware
- Activating Upgrade Options
- Enabling the Model Upgrade Option
- Configuring Additional Options
- Viewing the Configuration File
- APPENDIX A Firebox®X Edge Hardware
- Index
Configuring Firewall Settings
86 WatchGuard Firebox X Edge
Responding to ping requests
You can configure the Firebox X Edge to deny pings.
1 Select the Do not respond to PING requests received on
External Network checkbox or the Do not respond to PING
requests received on Trusted Network checkbox.
2 Click Submit.
Denying FTP access to the trusted network interface
You can configure the Firebox X Edge to stop FTP traffic from the
trusted interface or external interface.
1 Select the Do not allow FTP access to Trusted Network
checkbox.
2 Click Submit.
NOTE
You must clear the Do not allow FTP access to Trusted Network
checkbox or the Software Update Installer cannot move firmware
files to the Firebox X Edge.
SOCKS implementation for the Firebox X Edge
The Firebox X Edge can operate as a SOCKS network proxy server.
Software that uses more than one socket connection and uses the
SOCKS version 5 protocol can send traffic through the Edge. SOCKS
gives you secure, two-way communication between a computer on
the external network and a computer on the trusted network. To use