Saving A Configuration To The Management Station's Local Drive; Resetting Firebox Passphrases - Watchguard Firebox X1000 User Manual

enter the encryption key for the Firebox. In the
Confirm field, reenter it to confirm.
7
If you are making a backup, in the Backup Image field,
enter the path where you want to save the backup of
the current flash image. Click Continue.
Instead of entering the path, you can click Browse to specify the
location of the backup.
8 Enter and confirm the status (read-only) and
configuration (read/write) passphrases. Click OK.
The new image is saved to the Firebox.
Making routine changes to a configuration file does not
require a new flash image. Choosing the option marked Save
Configuration File Only is normally sufficient.
Saving a configuration to the management
station's local drive
From Policy Manager:
1 Select File = > SaveAs => File.
You can also use the shortcut Ctrl+S.
The Save dialog box appears.
2 Enter the name of the file.
The default is to save the file to the WatchGuard directory.
3
Click Save.
The configuration file is saved to the local hard disk.

Resetting Firebox Passphrases

WatchGuard recommends that you periodically change the
Firebox passphrases for optimum security. To do this, you
must have the current configuration passphrase. From Pol-
icy Manager:
1
Open the configuration file running on the Firebox.
For more information, see "Opening a configuration from the
Firebox" on page 50.
2
Select File = > Save => To Firebox.
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