Overview
Chapter 11: Using SmartDefense
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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:
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Validating compliance to standards
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Validating expected usage of protocols (Protocol Anomaly Detection)
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Limiting application ability to carry malicious data
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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