Chapter 4 Firewall Protection And Content Filtering; About Firewall Protection And Content Filtering - NETGEAR ProSafe FVS336Gv2 Reference Manual

Firewall Protection and Content Filtering
This chapter describes how to use the content filtering features of the ProSafe Dual WAN Gigabit
Firewall with SSL & IPsec VPN FVS336Gv2 to protect your network.
This chapter contains the following sections:
• About Firewall Protection and Content
• "Using Rules to Block or Allow Specific Kinds of Traffic"
• "Configuring Other Firewall Features"
• "Creating Services, QoS Profiles, and Bandwidth Profiles"
• "Setting a Schedule to Block or Allow Specific Traffic"
• "Blocking Internet Sites (Content Filtering)"
• "Configuring Source MAC Filtering"
• "Configuring IP/MAC Address Binding"
• "Configuring Port Triggering"
• "Managing the Application Level Gateway for SIP Sessions"
• "E-Mail Notifications of Event Logs and Alerts"
• "Administrator Tips"

About Firewall Protection and Content Filtering

The 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)"
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Chapter 4: Firewall Protection and Content Filtering
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