• Introduction To Comodo Dome Firewall - Virtual Appliance
  • Install Dome Firewall And Login To The Administrative Console
• The Main Interface
• The Dashboard
• View And Modify System Status And General Configuration
  • Manage Admin Accounts
    • Add And Manage Administrators
    • Manage Administrative Roles
  • License Activation
  • SNMP Settings
  • Central Management
  • Configure SSH Access
  • High Availability
  • View And Update Firmware Version
  • Create And Schedule Backup Of DFW State
    • Manually Create A Backup
    • Schedule Backup Operations
    • Encrypt Backup Archives
    • Export A Backup
    • Import A Backup Archive From A Local Computer
    • Roll Back The Virtual Appliance To A Previous Time Point
    • Reset The Virtual Appliance To Factory Defaults
  • Shutdown Or Restart The Dome Firewall Virtual Appliance
• View DFW Virtual Appliance Status
  • System Status
  • Network Status
  • System Usage Summaries
  • Network Traffic
  • Network Connections
  • SSLVPN Connections
• Network Configuration
  • Configure Interface Devices, Uplinks And VLANs
    • Configure Interface Devices
    • Add And Manage Gateway Uplink Devices
    • Create VLANs
  • Routes
    • Add And Manage Static Routes
    • Add And Manage Policy Routing Rules
• Configure DFW Virtual Appliance Services And Protection Settings
  • DHCP Server
  • Advanced Threat Protection
    • Manage The ATP Profiles
    • Comodo Antivirus
  • Time Server
  • Intrusion Prevention
    • Configure Intrusion Prevention System
    • Manage IPS Rulesets
    • Manage Application Identification Rulesets
  • Configure Wireless Hotspot
    • Configure Captive Portal Service
    • Customize The Login Page
    • Add And Manage Permanent Users
  • Internet Content Adaptation Protocol
  • Quality Of Service
• Manage Firewall Configuration
  • Firewall Objects
    • Manage Firewall Address Objects
    • Manage Firewall Object Groups
    • Manage Firewall Schedules
    • Active Directory Integration
  • Destination Network Address Translation
  • Source Network Address Translation
  • Configure System Access
  • Configure Firewall Policy Rules
    • Manage Firewall Policy Rules
    • Manage VPN Firewall Rules
• Configure Proxy Services
  • HTTP/HTTPS Proxy Server
    • Configure URL And Content Filtering
    • HTTPS Proxy
• Configure Virtual Private Network Settings
  • SSL VPN Server
    • Configure General SSL VPN Server Settings
    • Manage SSL VPN Client Accounts
    • Configure Advanced SSL VPN Server Settings
    • Configure Clients To Connect To Dome Firewall
  • IPsec Configuration
  • Configure L2TP Server
  • Configure IPSec/L2TP Users
• View Logs
  • Realtime Logs
  • Configure Log Settings
  • Generate Reports
• Appendix - Minimum Requirements For Software Installations

The Main Interface

The Dome Firewall dashboard is the administrative nerve center of the virtual appliance, providing administrators with visibility and control over all services and settings. The dashboard contains 'must know' statistics about network traffic, service status and uplinks and serves as a launchpad from which administrators can access other settings in the interface.

Firewall modules are shown on the left. Click the arrow at top-left to expand the strip into a full menu. The following table is a quick overview of the modules:

Each of the intuitive configuration screens provides finger tip access to different configuration menus and options of the respective UTM element.

• System - View and configure general settings. This include admin accounts, notifications, passwords, connection to Dome Firewall Central Manager, SSH and user-interface settings.

• Status - View virtual appliance status data. Includes system status, network status, SSL VPN connections and more.

• Network - Configure general and advanced network settings, including hosts, routing, uplinks and VLANs.

• Services - 

• Configure various firewall services. For example, DHCP server, advanced threat protection, content flow check, intrusion prevention, traffic monitoring and more.

• Firewall - Configure the firewall and apply rules to control inbound and outbound traffic to/from the network.

• Proxy - Configure DFW proxy services such as HTTP/HTTPS proxy services, URL filtering and so on.
  

• VPN - Configure SSLVPN server, IPsec-based VPN tunnels, L2TP server and manage IPSec/L2TP users.
  

• Logs - View event logs from various firewall modules and generate reports. You can also configure syslog servers for remote logging.

• Click any module to reveal a sub-menu containing further options:

• The Left Navigation Menu - The menu on the left contains links to all Dome Firewall modules. Click any link to view or configure each module.

• The Main Configuration Area - The configuration area displays information pertinent to the tab selected on the left.

• The Title Bar Controls - The title bar contains controls for: 

• Logout - Sign-out of Dome Firewall.

• Help - Clicking the help button at the top will take you to the respective online help page

• Version and Copyright Information - Version number and copyright information of the DFW firmware is displayed at the bottom left of the interface.