Using Mibs; Selecting Http Or Https For Management - Watchguard Firebox X20E User Manual

Selecting HTTP or HTTPS for Management

Click the Enable SNMP v3 check box if your SNMP server uses SNMP v3. You must type the User
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name and Password the SNMP server uses when it contacts the Edge.
If the SNMP server that polls the Edge is located on the Edge trusted network, click the Trusted
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Access check box. Click Submit. You do not need to do steps 7-10.
If the SNMP server that polls the Edge is located on the optional network, click the Optional
Access check box. Click Submit. You do not need to do steps 7-10.
If the SNMP server that polls the Edge is located on an external network, continue on with steps
7-10.
If the SNMP server that polls the Edge is located on an external network, you must add an
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incoming SNMP policy to your Edge configuration and allow SNMP connections to the Edge
external interface. From the navigation bar, select Firewall > Incoming.
Find SNMP in the list of pre-defined policies. Select Edit.
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From the Incoming Filter drop-down list, select Allow. In the Policy Host text box, type the
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trusted IP address of your Firebox X Edge. This rule allows the SNMP server to connect to the
Edge to get SNMP data on TCP port 161. It is a good idea to specify the IP address of your SNMP
server in the From field so that only connections from the IP address of the SNMP server are
allowed by the Firebox.
Click Submit to save the changes to the Firebox X Edge.
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Using MIBs

A MIB (Management Information Base) is a database of objects that can be monitored by a network
management system. The Firebox X Edge e-Series supports six different public, read-only MIBs:
IP-MIB
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IF-MIB
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TCP-MIB
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UDP-MIB
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SNMPv2-MIB
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RFC1213-MIB
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Selecting HTTP or HTTPS for Management
HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) is the "language" used to move files (text, graphic images, and mul-
timedia files) on the Internet. HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol over Secure Socket Layer) is a more
secure version of HTTP. When you use HTTPS, all information sent between the web server and your
browser is encrypted. The Firebox® X Edge e-Series uses HTTPS by default, for better security.
To make the Firebox X Edge configuration pages appear more quickly, you can use HTTP. Because
HTTP is less secure, we do not recommend that you use HTTP for Edge
HTTP, all configuration changes are sent to the Edge from your computer in clear text. We recommend
that you always use HTTPS to configure your Edge. You must connect to the Firebox X Edge using
HTTPS one time before you can connect using HTTP.
Follow these instructions to use HTTP instead of HTTPS:
Type https:// in the browser address bar, and the IP address of the Firebox X Edge trusted
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interface.
The default URL is: https://192.168.111.1
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management. When you use
Firebox X Edge e-Series