User guide

Accessing the ZoneAlarm Portal Remotely Using HTTPS
48 Check Point ZoneAlarm User Guide
Note: Your browser must support 128-bit cipher strength. To check your browser's
cipher strength, open Internet Explorer and click Help > About Internet Explorer.
To access the ZoneAlarm Portal from your internal network
• Browse to https://my.firewall.
(Note that the URL starts with “https”, not “http”.)
The ZoneAlarm Portal appears.
To access the ZoneAlarm Portal from the Internet
• Browse to https://<firewall_IP_address>:981.
(Note that the URL starts with “https”, not “http”.)
The following things happen in the order below:
If this is your first attempt to access the ZoneAlarm Portal through HTTPS, the
certificate in the ZoneAlarm router is not yet known to the browser, so the Security
Alert dialog box appears.
To avoid seeing this dialog box again, install the certificate of the destination
ZoneAlarm router. If you are using Internet Explorer 6, do the following:
a. Click View Certificate.
The Certificate dialog box appears, with the General tab displayed.
b. Click Install Certificate.
The Certificate Import Wizard opens.
c. Click Next.
d. Click Next.
e. Click Finish.
f. Click Yes.
g. Click OK.
The Security Alert dialog box reappears.
h. Click Yes.