Firewall Settings - D-Link DIR-615 User Manual

Section 3 - Configuration
A firewall protects your network from the outside world. The D-Link DIR-615 offers a firewall type functionality. The SPI feature helps prevent cyber
attacks. Sometimes you may want a computer exposed to the outside world for certain types of applications. If you choose to expose a computer,
you can enable DMZ. DMZ is short for Demilitarized Zone. This option will expose the chosen computer completely to the outside world.
Enable SPI: SPI (Stateful Packet Inspection, also known as dynamic packet filtering) helps
to prevent cyber attacks by tracking more state per session. It validates that
the traffic passing through the session conforms to the protocol.
Enable Anti-
Enable this option to provide protection from certain kinds of "spoofing"
Spoof Checking: attacks.
Enable DMZ If an application has trouble working from behind the router, you can expose
Host: one computer to the Internet and run the application on that computer.
Note: Placing a computer in the DMZ may expose that computer to a variety of
security risks. Use of this option is only recommended as a last resort.
IP Address: Specify the IP address of the computer on the LAN that you want to have
unrestricted Internet communication. If this computer obtains its IP address
automatically using DHCP, be sure to make a static reservation on the System.
>.Network.Settings page so that the IP address of the DMZ machine does
not change.
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