User manual NETGEAR DGFV338

[. . . ] DGFV338 ProSafe Wireless ADSL Modem VPN Firewall Router Reference Manual NETGEAR, Inc. 4500 Great America Parkway Santa Clara, CA 95054 USA April 2007 202-10161-01 v1. 0 DGFV338 ProSafe Wireless ADSL Modem VPN Firewall Router Reference Manual Technical Support Please register to obtain technical support. To register your product, get product support or obtain product information and product documentation, go to http://www. NETGEAR. com. If you do not have access to the World Wide Web, you may register your product by filling out the registration card and mailing it to NETGEAR customer service. [. . . ] For example, by enabling Java filtering, "Java" files will be blocked. Certain commonly used web components can be blocked for increased security. Some of these components are can be used by malicious websites to infect computers that access them. ­ Proxy ­ A proxy server (or simply, proxy) allows computers to route connections to other computers through the proxy, thus circumventing certain firewall rules. For example, if Security and Firewall Protection v1. 0, April 2007 4-24 DGFV338 ProSafe Wireless ADSL Modem VPN Firewall Router Reference Manual connections to a specific IP address are blocked by a firewall rule, the requests can be routed through a proxy that is not blocked by the rule, rendering the restriction ineffective. ­ Java ­ Blocks java applets from being downloaded from pages that contain them. Java applets are small programs embedded in web pages that enable dynamic functionality of the page. ActiveX ­ Similar to Java applets, ActiveX controls install on a Windows computer running Internet Explorer. A malicious ActiveX control can be used to compromise or infect computers. Cookies ­ Cookies are used to store session information by websites that usually require login. However, several websites use cookies to store tracking information and browsing habits. Enabling this option filters out cookies from being created by a website. Note: Many websites require that cookies be accepted in order for the site to be accessed properly. · Keyword (and domain name) Blocking ­ You can specify up to 32 words that, should they appear in the Web site name (URL) or in a newsgroup name, will cause the site or newsgroup to be blocked by the wireless firewall. You can apply the keywords to one or more groups in the Apply Keyword Blocking to: fields. Requests from the PCs in the groups for which keyword blocking has been enabled will be blocked. Blocking does not occur for the PCs that are in the groups for which keyword blocking has not been enabled. If you enter a domain name in the Trusted Domains box, keyword filtering will be bypassed. For example, if you entered www. netgear. com, keyword filtering will be bypassed for this domain; however, Web Components filtering still applies. Keyword application examples: · · · If the keyword "XXX" is specified, the URL http://www. badstuff. com/xxx. html is blocked, as is the newsgroup alt. pictures. XXX. If the keyword ". com" is specified, only Web sites with other domain suffixes (such as . edu or . gov) can be viewed. If you wish to block all Internet browsing access, enter the keyword ". ". ­ ­ Security and Firewall Protection v1. 0, April 2007 4-25 DGFV338 ProSafe Wireless ADSL Modem VPN Firewall Router Reference Manual The following screen (Figure 4-17) illustrates the use of Keyword Blocking and adding Trusted Domains. Figure 4-17 4-26 v1. 0, April 2007 Security and Firewall Protection DGFV338 ProSafe Wireless ADSL Modem VPN Firewall Router Reference Manual To block keywords or Internet domains: 1. [. . . ] · To perform a hard reset, push and hold the reset button for approximately 10 seconds (until the TEST LED blinks rapidly). Your device will return to the factory configuration settings shown in Table A-1 below. Pressing the Reset button for a shorter period of time will simply cause your device to reboot. · Table A-1. Default Configuration Settings Feature Router Login User Login URL User Name (case sensitive) Login Password (case sensitive) Internet Connection WAN MAC Address (Ethernet) WAN MAC Address (ADSL) WAN MTU Size Port Speed Local Network (LAN) Lan IP Address Subnet Mask Gateway Address RIP Direction RIP Version RIP Authentication 192. 168. 1. 1 255. 255. 255. 0 0. 0. 0. 0 None Disabled None Use Default address Use Default Address 1500 AutoSense http://192. 168. 1. 1 admin password Default Behavior Default Settings and Technical Specifications v1. 0, April 2007 A-1 DGFV338 ProSafe Wireless ADSL Modem VPN Firewall Router Reference Manual Table A-1. [. . . ]