Firebox Vclass Features - Watchguard V10 User Manual

CHAPTER 4: Firebox Vclass Basics
traffic, deny traffic, or strip out offending parts of a
message or stream.
A policy can also prompt the Firebox Vclass appliance to
take other actions with the same data stream.
You can create policies for the Firebox Vclass that watch for
varying combinations of traffic specifications. After a set of
traffic specifications are defined, you can set up one or
more actions that the Firebox Vclass appliance should take
with any qualifying data.
You can create proxies for the Firebox Vclass that inspect
the contents of packets, beyond the headers and traffic
specifications, for a deeper level of security.

Firebox Vclass Features

The Firebox appliances provide the following features:
Firewall
Load balancing (except the V10 model)
Quality of Service
Anti-hacker protection
VPN (Virtual Private Networking)
Dynamic NAT (Network Address Translation)
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Protects your network from unauthorized access
and use.
Distributes incoming data to specific internal
destinations.
Makes data exchanges more efficient. Prioritizes
and enhances user-specified data exchange.
Protects your network from a variety of potentially
destructive hacker attacks.
Provides secure communications with remote sites.
Also called IP masquerading. Maps outgoing
private IP addresses to the Firebox's external IP
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