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Overview
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Chapter 11
This chapter explains how to use Check Point SmartDefense Services.
This chapter includes the following topics:
Overview
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Configuring SmartDefense
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SmartDefense Categories
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Resetting SmartDefense to its Defaults
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Overview
The ZoneAlarm router includes Check Point SmartDefense Services, based on Check Point
Application Intelligence. SmartDefense provides a combination of attack safeguards and
attack-blocking tools that protect your network in the following ways:
Validating compliance to standards
Validating expected usage of protocols (Protocol Anomaly Detection)
Limiting application ability to carry malicious data
Controlling application-layer operations
In addition, SmartDefense aids proper usage of Internet resources, such as FTP, instant
messaging, Peer-to-Peer (P2P) file sharing, file-sharing operations, and File Transfer
Protocol (FTP) uploading, among others.
Using SmartDefense
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Configuring SmartDefense
You can configure SmartDefense using the following tools:
SmartDefense Wizard
. Resets all SmartDefense settings to their defaults, and then
creates a SmartDefense security policy according to your network and security
preferences. See
Using the SmartDefense Wizard
on page 198.
SmartDefense Tree.
Enables you to fine tune individual settings in the
SmartDefense policy. You can use the SmartDefense tree instead of, or in
addition to, the wizard. See
Using the SmartDefense Tree
on page 203.
Using the SmartDefense Wizard
The SmartDefense Wizard allows you to configure your SmartDefense security policy
quickly and easily through its user-friendly interface.
Note:
The SmartDefense wizard clears any existing SmartDefense settings.
After using the wizard, you can fine tune the policy settings using the SmartDefense tree.
See
Using the SmartDefense Tree
on page 203.
To configure the SmartDefense policy using the wizard
1.
Click
Security
in the main menu, and click the
SmartDefense
tab.
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The
SmartDefense
page appears.
2.
Click
SmartDefense Wizard
.
The
SmartDefense Wizard
opens, with the
Step 1: SmartDefense Level
dialog box
displayed.
3.
Drag the lever to the desired level of SmartDefense enforcement.
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For information on the levels, see the following table.
4.
Click
Next
.
The
Step 2: Application Intelligence Server Types
dialog box appears.
5.
Select the check boxes next to the types of public servers that are running on
your network.
6.
Click
Next
.
The
Step 3: Application Blocking
dialog box appears.
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7.
Select the check boxes next to the types of applications you want to block
from running on your network.
8.
Click
Next
.
The
Step 4: Confirmation
dialog box appears.
9.
Click
Finish
.
Existing SmartDefense settings are cleared, and the security policy is applied.

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