To Control Im/P2P Applications Usage To Increase Employee Productivity - ZyXEL Communications ZyWALL 5 Support Notes

To Control IM/P2P Applications Usage to Increase Employee Productivity

IM (Instant Message)/P2P (Peer to Peer) applications are popular nowadays. For example people may use MSN
messenger (an IM application from Microsoft) to chat, send/receive files and use eDonkey (a P2P application)
to do file-sharing ...such applications are popular medium for spreading viruses, backdoor programs, or
Trojans. The computers in the LAN zone might be infected silently when these IM/P2P applications are
running in these computers. The ZyWALL 5 UTM IDP security service provides an effective extension to
manage (allow or block) these IM/P2P applications.
1. The P2P/IM traffic management
Following are examples on how to use the IDP service in ZyWALL 35 UTM to manage MSN messenger
usage to stop virus/Trojans from spreading and lead to more productivity.
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2 portion of the example will show to stop employees from using company's bandwidth to do file sharing at
anytime.
1.1 Setup IDP service
1.1.1 ZyNOS 4.01 + Turbo Card
ZyWALL 5 UTM started to support AV/IDP service with latest firmware 4.01(WZ.0). In order to take full
advantage of the AV/IDP service in ZyWALL 5 UTM, it is mandatory to have a ZyWALL Turbo Card
inserted in the Expansion Card Slot at the back of your ZyWALL 5 UTM. This Turbo Card will guarantee
your ZyWALL 5 UTM can deliver its best performance.
1.1.2 IDP/AV License Activation
Please refer to step 1.1 in the page 4 on how to activate IDP/AV services for your ZyWALL 35 UTM
1.2 IDP Common Setting
1. In IDP->General, check the Enable Intrusion Detection and Prevention check box to enable IDP
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