Blocking Keywords, Sites, And Services; How To Block Keywords And Sites - NETGEAR FVL328 Reference Manual

Blocking Keywords, Sites, and Services

The firewall provides a variety of options for blocking Internet based content and communications
services. With its content filtering feature, the FVL328 Firewall prevents objectionable content
from reaching your computers. The FVL328 allows you to control access to Internet content by
screening for keywords within Web addresses. Key content filtering options include:
• Blocking access from your LAN to Internet locations that you specify as off-limits.
• Keyword blocking of newsgroup names.
• Outbound services blocking to limit access from your LAN to Internet locations or services
that you specify as off-limits.
• Denial of Service (DoS) protection. Automatically detects and thwarts (DoS) attacks such as
Ping of Death, SYN Flood, LAND Attack and IP Spoofing.
• Blocks unwanted traffic from the Internet to your LAN.
The section below explains how to configure your

How to Block Keywords and Sites

The FVL328 Firewall allows you to restrict access to Internet content based on functions such as
Java or Cookies, Web addresses and Web address keywords.
Log in to the firewall at its default LAN address of
1.
Name of , default password of
admin
address you have chosen for the firewall.
Click the Block Sites link in the Security section of the main menu.
2.
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password
M-10144-01
firewall to perform these functions.
http://192.168.0.1
, or using whatever password and LAN
with its default User
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