Barracuda Spam Firewall Outbound - Quick Start Guide
The Barracuda Spam Firewall is a spam and virus filtering appliance that ensures all
emails leaving your networks is virus-free and legitimate. It prevents individuals from
unintentionally or intentionally using your organization’s network to send viruses or spam.
It is physically installed on your network and assigned an IP address as a node on your
internal network. It is common for the Barracuda Spam Firewall to be installed in the DMZ
area of your network or behind a traditional firewall. Once configured, any outgoing
message that contains a virus or scored above the quarantine level is automatically
blocked and placed in the Quarantine Box.
Getting Started
This guide provides you with setup instructions for the Barracuda Spam Firewall.
We recommend reading these instructions fully before starting the setup. To
begin setting up your Barracuda Spam Firewall, you will need the following:
•
Barracuda Spam Firewall
•
AC Power Cord
•
Ethernet Cables
•
Mounting Rails (model 600/800/900 only)
•
VGA Monitor (recommended)
•
PS2 Keyboard (recommended)
Physical Installation
To install the Barracuda Spam Firewall:
1. Fasten the Barracuda Spam Firewall to a 19-inch rack or place it in a stable
location.
2. Connect an Ethernet Cable from your network switch to the ethernet port on
the back of the Barracuda Spam Firewall.
3. Connect a Standard VGA Monitor, PS2 Keyboard, and AC power cord to the
Barracuda.
Note
: Immediately after connecting an AC Power Cord to the
Barracuda, it may power ON for a few seconds and then power OFF. This
is because the Barracuda is designed to automatically return to a
powered ON state in the event of a power outage.
4. Press the POWER button on the front panel to turn the Barracuda on.
Configure IP Address and Network Settings
If you have a monitor connected, the Barracuda Spam Firewall will display the
Boot Menu initially, and the Administrative Console login prompt once fully
booted. To begin the configuration:
1. Login to the Administrative Console using the admin login:
•
Login
:
admin
•
Password
:
admin
2. Configure
the
IP Address, Subnet Mask, Default Gateway, Primary DNS
Server
and
Secondary DNS Server
as appropriate for your network.
3. Save
your
changes.
If you do not have a monitor and keyboard and want to set the IP using the
RESET button on the front panel, press and hold the RESET button per the
following table:
IP address
Press and hold RESET for
…
192.168.200.200
5
seconds
192.168.1.200 8
seconds
10.1.1.200
12
seconds
Opening Firewall Ports
If your Barracuda Spam Firewall is located behind a corporate firewall, open the
following ports on your firewall to ensure proper operation.
Port Direction TCP UDP
Usage
25
In/Out
Yes
No
Email and email bounces
53
Out
Yes
Yes
Domain Name Service (DNS)
80
Out
Yes
No
Virus, firmware and spam rule updates**
123
In/Out
No
Yes
Network Time Protocol (NTP)
Barracuda Spam Firewall Configuration
Use a computer with a Web browser that is connected to the same network as
the Barracuda and follow these steps:
1. In your Web browser’s address bar, enter http:// followed by the Barracuda’s
IP address, followed by the default Web Interface HTTP Port (:8000). For
example, if you configured the Barracuda with an IP address of
192.168.200.200, you would type: http://192.168.200.200:8000
2. Log in to the Barracuda Spam Firewall Web interface as the administrator,
Use
Username:
admin
Password:
admin
3. Go to the
Basic
Æ
IP Configuration
page and perform the following:
•
Verify that the
IP Address
,
Subnet Mask
, and
Default Gateway
are
correct.
•
Enter
outbound.mode
as the
Server Name/IP
.
•
Verify that the
Primary
and
Secondary DNS Server
are correct
•
Enter
Default Hostname
and
Default Domain
. This is the name that will
be associated with bounced messages. For example, enter
barracuda
as the Default Hostname and <yourdomainname>.com as the Default
Domain.
