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Section 3 - Configuration Firewall Settings A firewall protects your network from malicious attacks over the Internet. The DIR-859 offers a high-performance firewall features like SPI (Stateful Packet Inspection). From the Advanced menu, click Firewall. Enable DMZ: Enable or disable Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). Enabling this feature creates a subnetwork that can be used to expose a single computer to the Internet for applications that do not run well behind the router. This may expose the computer to a variety of security risks and is not recommended. DMZ IP If you enabled DMZ, enter the IP Address of the client you wish to Address: expose, or select a Computer Name from the drop-down menu. Enable SPI IPv4: Click to enable Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI) to help prevent cyber attacks. This technique validates that the traffic passing through the session conforms to the protocol. Enable Click to enable Anti-Spoof Checking, which will protect your Anti-Spoof network from certain kinds of "spoofing" attacks. Checking: IPv6 Simple Click to enable IPv6 Simple Security, which will provide simple Security: security capabilities for a local-area IPv6 network. IPv6 Ingress Click to enable IPv6 Ingress Filtering, which is a technique used to Filtering: make sure incoming packets originate from the networks they claim to be from (prevents source address spoofing). Click Advanced Settings... to expand the list and view more options. D-Link DIR-859 User Manual 53

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D-Link DIR-859 User Manual
Section 3 - Configuration
Firewall Settings
Enable or disable Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). Enabling this feature
creates a subnetwork that can be used to expose a single computer
to the Internet for applications that do not run well behind the router.
This may expose the computer to
a variety of security risks and is
not recommended.
If you enabled DMZ, enter the
IP Address
of the client you wish to
expose, or select a
Computer Name
from the drop-down menu.
Click to enable Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI) to help prevent cyber
attacks. This technique validates that the traffic passing through the
session conforms to the protocol.
Click to enable
Anti-Spoof Checking
, which will protect your
network from certain kinds of “spoofing” attacks.
Click to enable
IPv6 Simple Security
, which will provide simple
security capabilities for a local-area IPv6 network.
Click to enable
IPv6 Ingress Filtering
, which is a technique used to
make sure incoming packets originate from the networks they claim
to be from (prevents source address spoofing).
Enable DMZ:
DMZ IP
Address:
Enable SPI IPv4:
Enable
Anti-Spoof
Checking:
IPv6 Simple
Security:
IPv6 Ingress
Filtering:
A firewall protects your network from malicious attacks over the Internet. The DIR-859 offers a high-performance firewall features like SPI (Stateful
Packet Inspection).
From the
Advanced
menu, click
Firewall
.
Click
Advanced Settings...
to expand the list and view more options.