User's Manual

ProSecure Web/Email Security Threat Management (STM) Appliance Reference Manual
Performing Network and System Management 3-11
v1.0, September 2009
3. Under the Administrator Settings and Guest Settings sections of the screen, click Apply to
save your settings.
4. If you modified the administrator settings and now want to modify the guest settings, or the
other way around, repeat step 2 and step 3 for the other settings.
5. To modify the Web Management Interface timeout settings, complete the field as explained in
Table 3-5.
6. Under the Web Interface Timeout section of the screen, click Apply to save your settings.
Configuring Remote Management Access
An administrator can configure, upgrade, and check the status of the STM over the Internet via a
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) VPN connection.
You must use an SSL VPN connection to access the STM from the Internet. You must enter
https:// (not http://) and type the STM’s WAN IP address into your browser. .For example, if the
STM’s WAN IP address is 172.16.0.123, type the following in your browser: https://172.16.0.123.
The STM’s remote login URL is:
https://<IP_address> or https://<FullyQualifiedDomainName
Table 3-5. Set Password Settings screen: Web Interface Timeout Settings
Setting Description (or Subfield and Description)
Web Interface Timeout
Session Timeout Enter the period in seconds after which the Web Management Interface is
automatically logged off if no activity is detected. The default is 600 seconds.
You can configure a session timeout from 30 seconds to 9999 seconds.
Note: After a factory default reset, the password and timeout value are changed back to
password and 600 seconds (5 minutes), respectively.
Note: The STM is accessible to anyone who knows its IP address and default password.
Because a malicious WAN user can reconfigure the STM and misuse it in many
ways, NETGEAR highly recommends that you change the admin and guest
default passwords before continuing (see “Changing Administrative Passwords
and Timeouts” on page 3-9).