General Settings

The General Settings is accessible under Settings → General Settings

General Settings page contains the information and configurations that help other networks or devices communicate with MetaDefender Industrial Firewall & IPS.

In the Settings menu, click General Settings, you can change the values:

• Timezone: Show timezone of the appliance. The MetaDefender Industrial Firewall & IPS timezone is synchronized with MetaDefender OT Security.
• Hostname: Label specified for the device. This name is used in events and logs.
• SSH Port: (used for troubleshooting by OPSWAT) Secure Shell (SSH) is a cryptographic network protocol that lets network services operate securely over an unsecured network. The standard TCP port is 22.
• SLMP Learn Port: Port where Seamless Message Protocol is learned. The usual default SLMP port is 1025.
• DICOM Learn Port: Port where DICOM is learned. The usual default DICOM port is 104.
• Session Timeout: Number of minutes a session can stay open
• Login Message: Text that shows after a user logs on the appliance.
• Fail Open: Bypass function on the appliance that allows network traffic to keep passing through even if the appliance fails. It should always be Enabled, but if it is Disabled it signals possible problems. It is not editable.
• ICMP Block: ICMP traffic is blocked by default. You can Disable the block or Enable it.
• IPv6 Block: Usually, IPv6 traffic is not found in an industrial environment, so by default all IPv6 traffic is blocked. You can Disable this block or Enable it again.
• Randomize Server Response Header: Security option that helps to hide your server information. It can be Enabled or Disabled.
• Dongle Constraint: By default, you need a USB dongle to log in. You can turn this option on or off.
• Learning UDP Protocol: Support learning the unsupported UDP protocol. Default is disable.

Click the Save button to save your changes. User have to reboot MetaDefender Industrial Firewall & IPS to apply the changes.