Web Server - Secure Computing SG300 User Manual

You can also select to Accept echo request (incoming port) on Internet interfaces.
The default is to disallow echo requests, so your SG unit does not respond to pings on its
Internet interfaces. This may make it more difficult for external attackers scanning for
hosts to discover your SG unit. Destination unreachable ICMP messages are always
accepted.

Web Server

Click the Web Server tab to configure the SG unit's administrative web server. This web
server is responsible for running the web management console.
Here you can change the port on which the server runs. Most SG units support enabling
SSL encryption for establishing secure connections to the web management console
from SSL enabled browsers.
Note
Changing the web server port number is recommended if you are allowing Internet
access to the Management Console. This may help hide the web management console
from casual web surfers who type your SG unit's Internet IP address into a web browser.
Ideally, you should use packet filter rules (see the Packet Filtering section later in this
chapter) to restrict who has access for remote administration (i.e. allow connections on
the administrative web server port from trusted originating IP addresses only).
By default, the web management console runs on the default HTTP port (i.e. 80).
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