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Key Points
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KEY POINTS
The following list is a summary of the main points covered in Chapter 5. Use this list as a quick reminder of
what you can do within the RiskFilter System Management Console:
Q To open the RiskFilter System Management Console:
Open a web browser and enter: https://<hostname_or_ipaddress>:10000/
Q Use the Webmin Actions Log to generate reports on actions carried out by users within any of the
modules such as changing passwords, booting up and shutting down the computer and configuration
issues.
Q Use IP Access Control to only allow access to the appliance from IP addresses that you trust.
Q You can change the language of titles, prompts etc that will be displayed in within the RiskFilter
appliance interfaces.
Q You can specify which IP addresses and port the RiskFilter System Management Console will bind to.
Q Webmin can keep records of changes made within the RiskFilter System Management Console.
Q The RiskFilter System Management Console needs to connect to the Internet to operate correctly. If
you use a proxy server to access Web and FTP sites on the Internet you need to tell Webmin about
these machines.
Q The Webmin Servers Index enables you to monitor multiple RiskFilter appliances wthout you having to
remember the password for each appliance. This feature is only relevent if you have several RiskFilter
appliances.
Q You can add servers to the Webmin Servers Index using the Webmin Servers Index module.
Q Use the Bootup and Shutdown screen to immediately reboot or shut down the system by clicking the
relevant button.
Q You can use the Change Password screen to change the password of the rfmngr account.
Q Historic System Statistics enable you to view real time and historic monitors of system usage.
Q Multi Gateway Policy Routng enables you to override the default gateway setting in your routing table.
Connections forwarded to RiskFilter will have their packets routed back through the source's
configured gateway.
Q You can specify what network interfaces are activated at Boot Time.
Q You can set the interface and Gateway that you want to act as your default.DNS enables you to
configure your system’s resolver settings.
Q You can add new RiskFilter System Management Console hosts.
Q Running Processes tells you which processes are currently running, as well as when it first started up
and the command used to run it.
Q The system time must be correct in order for licensing and updating to be trouble-free.