Chapter 12 Firewalls; Firewall Overview; Types Of Firewalls; Packet Filtering Firewalls - ZyXEL Communications P-2602R-DxA Series User Manual

This chapter gives some background information on firewalls and introduces the ZyXEL
Device firewall.

12.1 Firewall Overview

Originally, the term firewall referred to a construction technique designed to prevent the
spread of fire from one room to another. The networking term "firewall" is a system or group
of systems that enforces an access-control policy between two networks. It may also be
defined as a mechanism used to protect a trusted network from an untrusted network. Of
course, firewalls cannot solve every security problem. A firewall is one of the mechanisms
used to establish a network security perimeter in support of a network security policy. It
should never be the only mechanism or method employed. For a firewall to guard effectively,
you must design and deploy it appropriately. This requires integrating the firewall into a broad
information-security policy. In addition, specific policies must be implemented within the
firewall itself.
Refer to Section 13.5 on page 164
Refer to Section 13.6 on page 165
Refer to Section 13.6.1 on page 167
Refer to Section 13.6.2 on page 170
Refer to Section 13.8.3 on page 177

12.2 Types of Firewalls

There are three main types of firewalls:

• Packet Filtering Firewalls

• Application-level Firewalls
• Stateful Inspection Firewalls
12.2.1 Packet Filtering Firewalls
Packet filtering firewalls restrict access based on the source/destination computer network
address of a packet and the type of application.

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to configure default firewall settings.
to view firewall rules.
to configure firewall rules.
to configure a custom service.
to configure firewall thresholds.
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