User manual PARALLELS PLESK PANEL 10 ADMINISTRATOR GUIDE REV1.0

[. . . ] Parallels Panel ® Parallels Plesk Panel 10 Administrator's Guide Revision 1. 0 Copyright Notice Parallels Holdings, Ltd. c/o Parallels International GMbH Vordergasse 49 CH8200 Schaffhausen Switzerland Phone: +41-526-722-030 Fax: +41-526-722-010s Copyright © 1999-2010 Parallels Holdings, Ltd. This product is protected by United States and international copyright laws. The product's underlying technology, patents, and trademarks are listed at http://www. parallels. com/trademarks. [. . . ] Note: Configuring firewall for specific network interfaces is only available under Microsoft Windows Server 2003. 82 Configuring the Server Viewing the Currently Allowed Inbound Connections By default, all inbound connections that are not explicitly allowed are blocked. To view the currently applied firewall rules for inbound connections: 1. Click the network interface you need. All currently defined rules are listed. The S (status) column shows the icon if the firewall blocks the packets that match the rule, and the icon if the firewall allows the packets that match the rule to pass through. Note: Configuring firewall for specific network interfaces is only available under Microsoft Windows Server 2003. If you are using Microsoft Windows Server 2008, go to the Firewall Rules tab. 3. Do any of the following: To view or change the properties of a rule, click the respective rule's name. To return to the previous screen without saving any changes, click Cancel or click Up Level. To allow connections to a service, click Add Firewall Rule, specify the rule name for future reference, specify the port and the protocol for which incoming connections must be allowed. Leave the Switch on rule checkbox selected, if you wish to apply the rule immediately. To allow connections to a service that you previously made inaccessible, click the respective icon in the S column. To temporarily block connections to a service, click the respective S column. icon in the To permanently block connections to a service, select the checkbox corresponding to the rule that allows connections to the respective service, and click Remove. Removing a rule blocks the connections that were specified in that rule. Allowing and Blocking Inbound Connections By default, all inbound connections that are not explicitly allowed are blocked. To allow inbound connections to a service: 1. Click the network interface you need. Note: Configuring firewall for specific network interfaces is only available under Microsoft Windows Server 2003. If you are using Microsoft Windows Server 2008, go to the Firewall Rules tab. Configuring the Server 83 3. Click Add Firewall Rule, and specify the following properties: The rule name for future reference The port or port range and the protocol for which inbound connections must be allowed 4. Leave the Switch on rule checkbox selected, if you wish to apply the rule immediately. Click OK. To block the previously allowed inbound connections to a service: 1. Click the network interface you need. Note: Configuring firewall for specific network interfaces is only available under Microsoft Windows Server 2003. If you are using Microsoft Windows Server 2008, go to the Firewall Rules tab. 3. Select the checkbox corresponding to the rule that allows connections to the respective service, and click Remove. Removing a rule blocks the connections that were specified in that rule. Allowing and Blocking ICMP Communications ICMP communications are used for network troubleshooting purposes. For the detailed description of ICMP messages, please refer to: http://msdn. microsoft. com/library/default. asp?url=/library/enus/xpehelp/html/xeconconfiguringicmpsettingsinwindowsfirewall. asp If you need to block or to allow ICMP communications, follow these steps: 1. [. . . ] Let's register it by creating an event handler via the Administrative Panel: 1. Select the event you wish to assign a handler to in the Event drop-down box. To do this, select custom in the Priority drop-down list and type in the value. When assigning several handlers to a single event you can specify the handler execution sequence, setting different priorities (higher value corresponds to a higher priority). Using Event Tracking Mechanism 167 5. Select the system user, on behalf of which the handler will be executed. [. . . ]