User Manual Part 1

ProSafe Wireless-N VPN Firewall SRXN3205 Reference Manual
Firewall Security and Content Filtering 5-33
v1.0, July 2008
E-Mail Notifications of Event Logs and Alerts
The Firewall Logs can be configured to log and then e-mail denial of access, general attack
information, and other information to a specified e-mail address. For example, your VPN firewall
will log security-related events such as: accepted and dropped packets on different segments of
your LAN; denied incoming and outgoing service requests; hacker probes and login attempts; and
other general information based on the settings you input on the Firewall Logs & E-mail menu. In
addition, if you have set up Content Filtering on the Block Sites screen (see “Setting Block Sites
(Content Filtering)” on page 5-21), a log will be generated when someone on your network tries to
access a blocked site.
To configure e-mail or syslog notification, or to view the logs, see “Activating Notification of
Events and Alerts” on page 11-4.
Administrator Tips
Consider the following operational items:
1. As an option, you can enable remote management if you have to manage distant sites from a
central location (see “Enabling Remote Management Access” on page 9-10).
2. Although rules are the basic way of managing the traffic through your system (see “Using
Rules & Services to Block or Allow Traffic” on page 5-2), you can further refine your control
with the following optional features of the firewall:
• Groups and hosts (see “Managing Groups and Hosts (LAN Groups)” on page 3-5)
• Services (see “Services-Based Rules” on page 5-2)
• Schedules (see “Setting Schedules to Block or Allow Traffic” on page 5-20)
• Block sites (see “Setting Block Sites (Content Filtering)” on page 5-21)
• Source MAC filtering (see “Enabling Source MAC Filtering (Address Filter)” on page 5-
24)
• Port triggering (see “Enabling Port Triggering” on page 5-28)