D-Link NetDefend DFL-210 User Manual page 15

1.1. About D-Link NetDefendOS
Anti-Virus
Web Content Filtering
Virtual Private Networking
Traffic Management
Operations and Maintenance
ZoneDefense
Reading through this documentation carefully will ensure that you get the most out of your
NetDefendOS product. In addition to this document, the reader should also be aware of the
companion volumes:
• The NetDefendOS CLI Guide which details all NetDefendOS console commands.
• The NetDefendOS Log Reference Guide which details all NetDefendOS log event messages.
These documents together form the essential documentation for NetDefendOS operation.
Note
High Availability, Anti-Virus, Web Content Filtering and ZoneDefense are not
available with some models as specified in the chapters relating to those features.
hosts. For more information about the IDP capabilities of
NetDefendOS, please see Section 6.5, "Intrusion Detection
and Prevention".
NetDefendOS features
functionality. Traffic passing through the gateway can be
subjected to in-depth scanning for viruses, and attacking hosts
can be blocked and black-listed at your choice. Section 6.4,
"Anti-Virus Scanning", provides more information about how
to use the integrated anti-virus feature.
NetDefendOS provides various mechanisms for filtering web
content that is deemed inappropriate according to your web
usage policy. Web content can be blocked based on category,
malicious objects can be removed and web sites can be
whitelisted or blacklisted in multiple policies. For more
information, please see Section 6.3, "Web Content Filtering".
A device running NetDefendOS is highly suitable for
participating in a Virtual
NetDefendOS supports IPsec, L2TP and PPTP based VPNs
concurrently, can act as either server or client for all of the
VPN types, and can provide individual security policies for
each VPN tunnel. Virtual Private Networking is covered in
detail by Chapter 9, VPN.
With the support of Traffic Shaping, Threshold Rules and
Server Load Balancing features, NetDefendOS is optimal for
traffic management. The Traffic Shaping feature enables
fine-granular limiting and balancing of bandwidth; Threshold
Rules allows for implementing various types of thresholds
where to alarm or limit network traffic, and Server Load
Balancing enables a device running NetDefendOS to
distribute network load to multiple hosts. Chapter 10, Traffic
Management, provides more detailed information on the
various traffic management capabilities.
To facilitate management of a NetDefendOS device,
administrative control is enabled through a Web-based User
Interface or via the Command Line Interface. In addition,
NetDefendOS provides very detailed event and logging
capabilities and support for monitoring using standards such
as SNMP. For more information, please see Chapter 2,
Management and Maintenance.
NetDefendOS can be used to control D-Link switches using
the ZoneDefense feature.
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Chapter 1. Product Overview
integrated gateway anti-virus
Private Network (VPN).