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SnapGear Web Server
Clicking the
SnapGear Web Server
tab takes you to the page to configure the
administrative web server. This web server is responsible for running the SnapGear
Management Console.
Here you can change the port on which the server runs. Additionally, the SME550,
SME570 and SME575 models support SSL encryption to establish secure connections to
the
SnapGear Management Console
web administration pages from SSL enabled
browsers.
Figure 6-2
Note
Changing the web server port number is recommended if you are allowing Internet
access to the Management Console. This will help hide the Management Console from
casual web surfers who type your SnapGear appliance’s Internet IP address into a web
browser. Ideally, you should use Packet Filtering rules (see the
Packet Filtering
section
later in this chapter) to restrict who has access for remote administration.
