Symantec 300 Series Getting Started Manual

Getting started guide
Symantec™ Gateway
Security 300 Series
This guide briefly describes the tasks and information
you need to configure, operate, and maintain your
secuirty gateway and provides references to where you
can find more information.
This guide includes the following topics:
Set up an Internet account that all your users can
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share. Set up multiple Internet connections for
continuous access.
Control traffic to and from your protected network.
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Secure your network. Grant network access to your
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remote users.
Prevent and handle attacks. Keep hackers out.
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Enforce virus protection on your network.
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Control access to what users on your network can
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view.
Automatically update your security gateway.
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Maintain your security gateway.
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Set up an Internet account that all your
users can share. Set up multiple Internet
connections for continuous access.
The first time you access the security gateway, the Setup
Wizard guides you through configuring Internet
connectivity for the security gateway. Using the Security
Gateway Management Interface (SGMI), you can
configure a second Internet connection as a backup.
The Internet account or accounts that you set up using
either the Setup Wizard or the SGMI can be shared by all
computers that you connect through the LAN ports, or
that use the security gateway as a wireless access point.
See Chapter 3, "Running the Setup Wizard" in the
Symantec Gateway Security 300 Series Installation Guide
for information on the Setup Wizard.
Symantec Gateway Security 300 Series security gateways
provides additional ports for backup WAN connection
and software that automatically senses failures and
transfers WAN data through the backup connection.
Model 320 has a serial port to which an external dial-up
modem can be attached. Models 360 and 360R have a
second full-speed WAN port, in addition to the serial
port, to ensure continuous access.
See Chapter 3, "Configuring a connection to the outside
network" in the Symantec Gateway Security 300 Series
Administrator's Guide for information on connecting
your security gateway to the Internet.
Control traffic to and from your protected
network.
Symantec Gateway Security 300 Series protects
enterprise assets and business transactions with one of
the most secure, high-performance solutions for
ensuring safe connections with the Internet and between
networks. The firewall component delivers security and
speed, providing strong and transparent firewall
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