User guide

Configuring Firewall Settings
72 WatchGuard Firebox X Edge
2 From the navigation bar at left, select Firewall => Options.
The Firewall Options page appears.
Responding to ping requests
You can configure the Firebox X Edge to deny all ping packets
received on the external or trusted interface.
1 Select the Do not respond to PING requests received on
External Network checkbox or the Do not respond to PING
requests received on Trusted Network checkbox.
2 Click Submit.
Denying FTP access to the trusted network interface
You can configure the Firebox X Edge to prevent FTP access to the
Firebox X Edge itself by the computers on the trusted or external
network.
1 Select the Do not allow FTP access to Trusted Network
checkbox.
2 Click Submit.
NOTE
If you want to use the Software Update Installer to transfer
firmware files to the FIrebox X Edge (as described in “Method 1”
on page 149), you must clear this checkbox. The Installer uses FTP
to transfer firmware files.