User guide

Chapter 1: Introduction
6 WatchGuard Firebox System
VPN Manager is bundled with the WFS software, but it is available for
use only if you enable the VPN Manager checkbox when installing WFS
and enter your license key.
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The Firebox model 700 does not support VPN Manager.
High Availability
WatchGuard High Availability software lets you install a second, standby
Firebox on your network. If your primary Firebox fails, the second
Firebox automatically takes over to give your customers, business
partners, and employees virtually uninterrupted access to your protected
network.
High Availability is bundled with the WFS software, but it is available for
use only if you enable the High Availability checkbox when installing
WFS and enter your license key.
Mobile User VPN
Mobile User VPN is the WatchGuard IPSec implementation of remote
user virtual private networking. Mobile User VPN connects an employee
on the road or working from home to trusted and optional networks
behind a Firebox using a standard Internet connection, without
compromising security. WatchGuard Mobile User VPN software easily
integrates into your Firebox System, allowing your mobile users to
securely connect to your network. VPN traffic is encrypted using DES or
3DES-CBC, and authenticated through MD5 or SHA-1.
SpamScreen
SpamScreen helps to control “spam”–email sent to you or your end users
without permission. Spam consumes valuable bandwidth on your
Internet connection and on the hard disk space and CPU time of your
mail server. If allowed to enter your network unchecked, spam consumes
workers’ time to read and remove. WatchGuard SpamScreen identifies
spam as it comes through the Firebox. You can choose to either block the
spam at the Firebox or tag it for easy identification and sorting.