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Configuring Outgoing Services
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Configuring Outgoing Services
You control traffic that starts in the trusted or optional network and
goes to the external network using outgoing services. Usually, the
Internet is the external network.
In its default configuration, the Firebox® X Edge allows traffic that
starts in the trusted or optional network to go to the external net-
work.
Many companies and organizations allow internal computers to use
all ports and protocols. To deny all outgoing connections, use this
section to make rules for those connections.
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The outgoing services in this section can be set to allow traffic
that starts in the trusted and optional networks to flow to the
external network. These services do not affect traffic between the
trusted and optional networks. These services also do not affect
traffic from computers on the trusted network to other computers
on the trusted network.
To see the outgoing traffic rules:
1 To connect to the System Status page, type https:// in the
browser address bar, and the IP address of the Edge trusted
interface.
The default URL is: https://192.168.111.1