How The Soho 6 Processes Information; Services; Network Address Translation (Nat); Soho 6 Hardware Description - Watchguard Firebox SOHO 6 User Manual

Chapter 1: Introduction

How the SOHO 6 Processes Information

Services

A service is the group of protocols and port numbers for a
specified program or type of application. The standard
configuration of the SOHO 6 contains the correct settings for many
standard services.

Network Address Translation (NAT)

All connections from the trusted network to the external network
through a SOHO 6 use dynamic NAT. Dynamic NAT prevents the
private IP addresses from your trusted network from being sent
through the Internet.
The SOHO 6 replaces the private IP addresses with the public IP
address to protect the trusted network. Each packet sent through
the Internet contains IP address information. Packets sent through
the SOHO 6 with dynamic NAT include only the public IP address
of the SOHO 6 and not the private IP address of the computer in
the trusted network. Because only the IP address of the SOHO 6 is
sent to the external network, unauthorized access by the
computers in the public network to the computers in the trusted
network is prevented.

SOHO 6 Hardware Description

The hardware of the SOHO 6 uses newer technology than earlier
SOHO models.
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