SonicOS 8 Monitor

Security Services

Security Services allows the SonicWall firewall to access the Internet through a proxy server to download signatures to avoid compromising privacy. On the Dashboard, HOME | Dashboard > System | Security Services summarizes the status of the Security Services that you enabled on your firewall.

Each of the panes represents a specific service and provides data on each. Review the table below for the specifics.

You may not see all the options represented here; what you see depends on the options you enabled.

The Licenses pane show the Sync State of the Security Services license. Last successful sync time and last contact to License Manager provide additional information. Click the License Summary to see your license detail. You can also refresh your licenses from this pane.

These features offer a different set of information:

  • Gateway Anti-Virus
  • Intrusion Prevention and Detection
  • Botnet Filter
  • Geo-IP Filter
  • Anti-Spyware
  • Application Control

From these panes, you can enable and refresh the signatures. You can see the on-box and back-end database time stamps, along with when the signature was last checked and when the license expires. Note that when an option is not enabled, like with the Botnet Filter and Geo-IP Filter in the image above, the refresh option is not visible.

On the Cloud Anti-Virus pane, you can enable or disable the feature. You can also see when the license was last checked and when it expires.

Capture ATP lets you enable or disable the license and check the license expiration.

You can enable or disable the Content Filter signatures on the Content Filter pane. It shows Server Status and allows you to refresh the connection. you can also see the license expiration.

The DNS Security pane show when that signature expires.

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