User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- ProSecure Web/Email Security Threat Management (STM) Appliance Reference Manual
- Contents
- About This Manual
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Using the Setup Wizard to Provision the STM in Your Network
- Choosing a Deployment Scenario
- Understanding the Steps for Initial Connection
- Logging In to the STM
- Using the Setup Wizard to Perform the Initial Configuration
- Setup Wizard Step 1 of 10: Introduction
- Setup Wizard Step 2 of 11: Networking Settings
- Setup Wizard Step 3 of 11: Time Zone
- Setup Wizard Step 4 of 11: Email Security
- Setup Wizard Step 5 of 11: Web Security
- Setup Wizard Step 6 of 11: Email Notification Server Settings
- Setup Wizard Step 7 of 11: Update Settings
- Setup Wizard Step 8 of 11: HTTP Proxy Settings
- Setup Wizard Step 9 of 11: Web Categories
- Setup Wizard Step 10 of 11: Configuration Summary
- Setup Wizard Step 11 of 11: Restarting the System
- Verifying Proper Installation
- Registering the STM with NETGEAR
- What to Do Next
- Chapter 3 Performing Network and System Management
- Configuring Network Settings
- Configuring Session Limits and Timeouts
- Configuring the HTTP Proxy Settings
- About Users with Administrative and Guest Privileges
- Configuring Remote Management Access
- Using an SNMP Manager
- Managing the Configuration File
- Updating the Software
- Configuring Date and Time Service
- Managing Digital Certificates
- Managing the Quarantine Settings
- Performance Management
- Chapter 4 Content Filtering and Optimizing Scans
- About Content Filtering and Scans
- Configuring E-mail Protection
- Configuring Web and Services Protection
- Configuring Application Control
- Setting Scanning Exclusions and Web Access Exceptions
- Chapter 5 Managing Users, Groups, and Authentication
- About Users, Groups, and Domains
- Configuring Groups
- Configuring User Accounts
- Configuring Authentication
- Global User Settings
- Viewing and Logging Out Active Users
- Chapter 6 Monitoring System Access and Performance
- Chapter 7 Troubleshooting and Using Online Support
- Appendix A Default Settings and Technical Specifications
- Appendix B Related Documents
- Index

ProSecure Web/Email Security Threat Management (STM) Appliance Reference Manual
Performing Network and System Management 3-7
v1.0, September 2009
4. Click Apply to save your settings. Changing any settings in the Session Timeouts section of
the screen requires the STM to restart. If you click Reset, the STM restarts to restore the
default network settings.
Configuring the HTTP Proxy Settings
If you have used the Setup Wizard, you might have already configured an HTTP proxy; the HTTP
Proxy screen allows you to modify these settings.
If the STM is installed behind an HTTP proxy, you might need to specify the HTTP proxy settings
for the STM to connect to the Internet. The settings on the HTTP Proxy screen affect Web category
filtering, Distributed Spam Analysis, and software updates.
Do You Want to
Enable per-user
Session Limits?
(continued)
Limit Value Depending on the selection in the Limit Type field, this value is a
percentage or an absolute number.
The Total Number of Packets Dropped field, which you cannot configure, shows the
total number of packets that are dropped because the session limit has been
exceeded.
Session Timeouts
If a session goes without data flow longer than the configured values, the session is terminated.
TCP Timeout The time in seconds after which a TCP session without data flow is terminated. The
default time is 1200 seconds.
UDP Timeout The time in seconds after which an UDP session without data flow is terminated. The
default time is 180 seconds.
ICMP Timeout The time in seconds after which an ICMP session without data flow is terminated.
The default time is 8 seconds.
Table 3-2. Session Limits Settings (continued)
Setting Description (or Subfield and Description)