ZyXEL Communications 10 - Manual (Page 190)

ZyWALL 10~100 Series Internet Security Gateway
15-2 Using the ZyWALL Web Configurator
Figure 15-1 Enabling the Firewall (ZyWALL 100)
15.2.1 Alerts
Alerts are reports on events, such as attacks, that you may want to know about right away. You can choose to
generate an alert when an attack is detected in the Attack Alert screen (Figure 15-2 - check the Generate
alert when attack detected checkbox) or when a rule is matched in the Rule Config screen (see Figure
16-4)
. When an event generates an alert, a message is immediately sent to an e-mail account specified by
you. Enter the complete e-mail address to which alert messages will be sent in the E-mail Alerts To field
and schedule times for sending alerts in the Log Timer fields in the E-mail screen (following screen).
15.3 Attack Alert
Attack alerts are the first defense against DOS attacks. In the Attack Alert screen, shown later, you may
choose to generate an alert whenever an attack is detected. For DoS attacks, the ZyWALL uses thresholds to
Select this check box to enable
the firewall.