Yearly Archives: 2015


What are services for the FireWall ?

Services is a collection of protocol and ports you can allow or deny in your defined Interfaces. Services can be managed by clicking on the “Services” Link under the Rules and Services section. A table is displayed and shows you all available services. You can create a new one by […]

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28-09-2015 13-02-29

Network interface policy and behavior

Each network Interface can have a default policy and behavior. These method did not define routers, just access to defined Interface. You can change the policy and the behavior by clicking on the Network interface in the firewall section. Default policy The default policy can be “Strict mode” or “Trusted […]


Secure gateway feature

Secure gateway is a feature that allow forwarding network packets only on a white-listed ports and protocols. It is used when Artica is defined as a gateway ( Transparent proxy ) in order to limit peer-to-peer accesses. It is available on Artica v2.21.092811 or above. On your Proxy section, click […]

28-09-2015 11-46-21

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Proxy is restarted every day at 7h ?

A default task reboot the proxy service every day at 07h. You can disable it. Select Your Proxy top menu Choose Tasks link under Update & Maintain section Find the task that restart the proxy service Uncheck the checkbox Click on Compile settings


26-09-2015 14-13-49

Logs emergency

If the partition log is full or if the Proxy claims with it’s logger daemon, Artica turn the proxy to system to log emergency. The Log emergency force the proxy to continue processing access to internet without write any log. When the proxy is turned to log emergency, the dashboard […]


SSL connections are very slow. Why?

When playing with certificates, the proxy use caches to store generated certificates for each visited SSL website. This cache is not cleaned when you change the certificate in a proxy port. How to purge certificates cache database ? On Your Proxy section, select SSL rules link. On the main tab, […]

24-09-2015 21-17-22

Unable to resolve local web servers

By default, the proxy is configured to add a domain suffix when users request an URI without a domain. For example, if user want to go to https://helpdesk, the proxy will add automatically https://helpdesk.domain.tld . the domain.tld suffix can be disabled or modified Removing adding the suffix domain automatically. On […]

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22-09-2015 13-58-06

Monitor system health

With the artica v2.21.092212, you can monitor the system performance and force Artica to build a report when CPU or Memory or system load exceed limits. On the TOP menu, click on System. On the Monitor section, select “System health monitor“ Defines Max values and the time duration of the […]