Smoothwall: Services Menu

About the Authentication Menu

You configure user authentication policies here:

Pages	Description
Settings	Used to set global login time settings.
Directories	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.
Groups	Used to customize group names.
Temporary bans	Enables you to manage temporarily banned user accounts.
User activity	Displays the login times, usernames, group membership and IP address details of recently authenticated users.
SSL login	Used to customize the end-user SSL login page and configure SSL login redirection and exceptions.
Kerberos keytabs	This is where Kerberos keytabs are imported and managed.
BYOD	Enables you to authenticate users with their own devices and allow them to connect to the network.
Chromebook	Used to configure Google credentials for Chromebook authentication.

About the User Portal Menu

You configure and manage user portals here:

Pages	Description
Portals	This page enables you to configure and manage user portals.
Group access	This page enables you to assign groups of users to portals.
User access	This page enables you to override group settings and assign a user directly to a portal.

About the Proxies Menu

You configure the proxy service for the Smoothwall’s individual modules, including:

Pages	Description
Instant messenger	Configure the instant messenger proxy service.
SIP	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.
FTP	Configure the FTP proxy service. For more information, see Using the FTP Proxy Service .
Reverse proxy	Configure the reverse proxy service. Note that a Unified Threat Management serial is required to view the reverse proxy menu. For more information, contact your Smoothwall representative.

About the SNMP Menu

You enable and configure the SNMP service here:

Pages	Description
SNMP	Used to activate the Smoothwall’s Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) agent.

About the Message Censor Menu

You can configure filtering policies for message content here:

Pages	Description
Policies	Enables you to create and manage filtering policies by assigning actions to matched content.
Filters	This is where you create and manage filters for matching particular types of message content.
Time	This is where you create and manage time periods for limiting the time of day during which filtering policies are enforced.
Custom categories	Enables you to create and manage custom content categories for inclusion in filters.

About the Intrusion System Menu

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:

Pages	Description
Signatures	Enables you to deploy customized and automatic rules in the intrusion detection and intrusion prevention systems.
Policies	Enables you to configure the Smoothwall’s intrusion detection and prevention rules for inclusion in IDS and IPS policies.
IDS	Used to enable and configure policies to monitor network activity using the Intrusion Detection System (IDS).
IPS	Used to enable and configure policies to monitor network activity using the Intrusion Prevention System (IDS).

About the DHCP Menu

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:

Pages	Description
Global	Used to enable the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) service and set its mode of operation.
DHCP server	Used to configure automatic dynamic and static IP leasing to DHCP requests received from network hosts.
DHCP leases	Used to view all current DHCP leases, including IP address, MAC address, hostname, lease start and end time, and the current lease state.
DHCP relay	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.
Custom options	Used to create and edit custom DHCP options.

About the Services Menu