Firewall Settings - D-Link DIR-865L User Manual

Section 3 - Configuration
A firewall protects your network from the outside world. The DIR-865L 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.
Anti-Spoof Check:
Enable this feature to protect your network from certain kinds
of "spoofing" attacks.
Enable DMZ:
If an application has trouble working from behind the router,
you can expose 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.
DMZ IP Address:
Specify the IP address of the computer on the LAN that you
want to have unrestricted Internet communication. If this
computer obtains it's IP address automatically using DHCP,
be sure to make a static reservation on the Setup > Network.
Settings page so that the IP address of the DMZ machine
does not change.
PPTP:
Allows multiple machines on the LAN to connect to their
corporate network using PPTP protocol.
IPSEC (VPN):
Allows multiple VPN clients to connect to their corporate
network using IPSec. Some VPN clients support traversal of
IPSec through
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