About the Services Menu
Note: This topic applies to the Hearst Release.
The Services section contains the following sub-sections and pages:

You configure user authentication policies here:
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Used to set global login time settings. |
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Used to connect to directory servers in order to retrieve groups and apply network and web filtering permissions and verify the identity of users trying to access network or Internet resources. |
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Used to customize group names. |
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Enables you to manage temporarily banned user accounts. |
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Displays the login times, usernames, group membership and IP address details of recently authenticated users. |
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Used to customize the end-user SSL login page and configure SSL login redirection and exceptions. |
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This is where Kerberos keytabs are imported and managed. |
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Enables you to authenticate users with their own devices and allow them to connect to the network. |
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Used to configure Google credentials for Chromebook authentication. |

You configure and manage user portals here:
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This page enables you to configure and manage user portals. |
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This page enables you to assign groups of users to portals. |
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This page enables you to override group settings and assign a user directly to a portal. |

You configure the proxy service for the Smoothwall’s individual modules, including:
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Configure the instant messenger proxy service. |
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Configure the SIP proxy service. Note that a Unified Threat Management serial is required to view the SIP proxy menu. For more information, refer to your Smoothwall representative. |
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Configure the FTP proxy service. For more information, see Using the FTP Proxy Service . |
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Configure the reverse proxy service.
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You enable and configure the SNMP service here:
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Used to activate the Smoothwall’s Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) agent. |

You can configure filtering policies for message content here:
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Enables you to create and manage filtering policies by assigning actions to matched content. |
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This is where you create and manage filters for matching particular types of message content. |
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This is where you create and manage time periods for limiting the time of day during which filtering policies are enforced. |
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Enables you to create and manage custom content categories for inclusion in filters. |

Note: Note that a Unified Threat Management serial is required to use the Intrusion System. For more information, contact your Smoothwall representative.
You configure the Intrusion Detection System (IDS) here:
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Enables you to deploy customized and automatic rules in the intrusion detection and intrusion prevention systems. |
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Enables you to configure the Smoothwall’s intrusion detection and prevention rules for inclusion in IDS and IPS policies. |
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Used to enable and configure policies to monitor network activity using the Intrusion Detection System (IDS). |
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Used to enable and configure policies to monitor network activity using the Intrusion Prevention System (IDS). |

Note: Note that a Unified Threat Management serial is required to use the DHCP service. For more information, contact your Smoothwall representative.
You can enable and configure DHCP services here:
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Used to enable the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) service and set its mode of operation. |
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Used to configure automatic dynamic and static IP leasing to DHCP requests received from network hosts. |
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Used to view all current DHCP leases, including IP address, MAC address, hostname, lease start and end time, and the current lease state. |
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Used to configure the DHCP service to forward all DHCP requests to another DHCP server, and re-route DHCP responses back to the requesting host. |
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Used to create and edit custom DHCP options. |