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Firewall Protection
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ProSafe Gigabit Quad WAN SSL VPN Firewall SRX5308
Content Filtering
If you want to restrict internal LAN users from access to certain sites on the Internet, you can
use the VPN firewall’s content filtering and web components filtering features. By default,
these features are disabled; all requested traffic from any website is allowed. If you enable
one or more of these features and users try to access a blocked site, they will see a Blocked
by NETGEAR message.
Content Filtering
The VPN firewall supports several types of content filtering:
Web components blocking. You can block the following web component types: Proxy,
Java, ActiveX, and cookies. Some of these components can be used by malicious
websites to infect computers that access them. Even sites on the Trusted Domains list
will be subject to web components blocking when the blocking of a particular web
component is enabled.
- Proxy. A proxy server (or simply, proxy) allows computers to route connections to
other computers through the proxy, thus circumventing certain firewall rules. For
example, if connections to a specific IP address are blocked by a firewall rule, the
requests can be routed through a proxy that is not blocked by the rule, rendering the
restriction ineffective. Enabling this feature blocks proxy servers.
- Java. Blocks Java applets from being downloaded from pages that contain them.
Java applets are small programs embedded in web pages that enable dynamic
functionality of the page. A malicious applet can be used to compromise or infect
computers. Enabling this setting blocks Java applets from being downloaded.
- ActiveX. Similar to Java applets, ActiveX controls are installed on a Windows
computer running Internet Explorer. A malicious ActiveX control can be used to
compromise or infect computers. Enabling this setting blocks ActiveX applets from
being downloaded.
- Cookies. Cookies are used to store session information by websites that usually
require login. However, several websites use cookies to store tracking information
and browsing habits. Enabling this option filters out cookies from being created by a
website.
Note: Many websites require that cookies be accepted in order for the site
to be accessed correctly. Blocking cookies might interfere with
useful functions provided by these websites.
Keyword blocking (domain name blocking). You can specify up to 32 words that, should
they appear in the website name (URL) or in a newsgroup name, will cause that site or
newsgroup to be blocked by the VPN firewall.
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