4 general firewall settings and tasks (menu bar), 1 firewall menu, General firewall settings and tasks (menu bar) – Barracuda Networks VERSION SP4 User Manual

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91 Barracuda NG Network Access Client - Administrator’s Guide

9.4

General Firewall Settings and Tasks (Menu Bar)

The following configuration items of the Barracuda NG Personal Firewall are accessible through the
Menu Bar (use the ALT key to open/close the menu bar):

Firewall

see 9.4.1 Firewall Menu, page 91

View

see 9.4.2 View Menu, page 93

Security Mode

see 9.4.3 Security Mode Menu, page 94

9.4.1

Firewall Menu

Save Configuration

Select this item to save configuration changes immediately.

Settings …

Select this item to adjust general behavior of the Barracuda Barracuda NG Personal Fire-
wall. The following parameters are available for configuration.

Firewall Settings

Tab:

Click the

Save Configuration

link within the

Configuration

Item bar to save configuration changes after prior

confirmation inquiry

.

List 9–1

Firewall Settings > Protocol Option

Parameter

Description

Log dropped packets/Log successful
connections

Select these checkboxes to activate logging for dropped packets and/or successful connections. Log line
structure is depicted in figure 9–5.

List 9–2

Firewall Settings > Protocol File

Parameter

Description

File name

This field defines path and name of the NG VPN client log file. By default, the file is saved to C:\Program
Files\BarracudaNG\phlog.txt

Size limit

This field defines a maximum size for the log file (default:

4096

KByte).

List 9–3

Firewall Settings > Network Objects

Parameter

Description

IP Monitor

Selecting this checkbox (default: selected) activates dynamic update of

Network Objects

(9.8.7 Networks,

page 110).

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