User guide

Overview
Chapter 11: Using SmartDefense 197
Chapter 11
This chapter explains how to use Check Point SmartDefense Services.
This chapter includes the following topics:
Overview..................................................................................................197
Configuring SmartDefense.......................................................................198
SmartDefense Categories .........................................................................205
Resetting SmartDefense to its Defaults....................................................246
Overview
The ZoneAlarm router includes Check Point SmartDefense Services, based on Check Point
Application Intelligence. SmartDefense provides a combination of attack safeguards and
attack-blocking tools that protect your network in the following ways:
• Validating compliance to standards
• Validating expected usage of protocols (Protocol Anomaly Detection)
• Limiting application ability to carry malicious data
• Controlling application-layer operations
In addition, SmartDefense aids proper usage of Internet resources, such as FTP, instant
messaging, Peer-to-Peer (P2P) file sharing, file-sharing operations, and File Transfer
Protocol (FTP) uploading, among others.
Using SmartDefense