InJoy Firewall™ Deskbar

The InJoy Firewall Deskbar application is a HOT NEW user interface component that can be used to casually monitor and manage Firewall Servers.

:: Only for MS Windows :: The Firewall Deskbar sits in the Windows taskbar and allows easy monitoring of the intrusion level, network activity, and a wealth of other information. With its minimal footprint, the Firewall Deskbar helps to increase available desktop space, while still allowing essential monitoring and control.

Introducing the Firewall Deskbar

The Firewall Deskbar runs on the Microsoft Windows platform, as an Explorer Toolbar application - this means the Firewall Deskbar is basically a client of your desktop, rather than a stand-alone application.

The main Firewall Deskbar features include:

• Monitoring of local and remote Firewall Servers
  While the Firewall Deskbar runs ONLY on the Windows platform, it can connect remotely to Firewall Servers running on any of the supported OS platforms. This means you can sit at home, at the Windows PC, and monitor for example a Linux-based Firewall Server thousands of miles away - in real-time on your Windows taskbar. Amazing!

• Tooltip monitors with crucial information
  When the mouse pointer is placed on top of the various elements of the Deskbar application, contexual tooltips will appear with additional information. These tooltips help you keep track of Firewall Server statistics and other operational information.

  

• A menu with Firewall commands
  Clicking on the Firewall Deskbar with the right mouse button brings up a pop-up menu, filled with convenient firewall commands and an option to configure the Deskbar.

• Rapid starting of the Firewall GUI, when clicked
  Clicking the Firewall Deskbar with the left mouse button immediately starts the Firewall GUI and connects it to the same Firewall Server as the Deskbar is connected to. With this easy option of starting the Firewall GUI, it has become convenient to operate a Firewall Server and you are thus significantly more likely to detect anomalies in time.

• Highly Customizable
  On most systems, the Windows taskbar doesn't have much free space to spare; that's why the Firewall Deskbar has been designed so you can resize it freely and also define exactly which monitors to show.

  

• Installed seamlessly with the InJoy Firewall
  The Firewall Deskbar application installs as a Dynamic Link Library (.DLL) to the Windows Explorer process, and can only be enabled from the Windows taskbar. Don't look for an executable to run or an icon to click.

• Easy to configure.
  The firewall deskbar offers just enough options for it to be flexible, powerful and yet easy to configure.

What will the Deskbar do for me?

In summary, the Firewall Deskbar helps you to:

Monitor Security	The suspicion monitor maintains a visual representation of the attack history, allowing you to weigh any potentially malicious activity against a baseline of questionable traffic. When a (red) peak raises high above the baseline of suspicion, you can choose to either let the Firewall deal with it, or you can open the Firewall GUI to research security alerts and logs, in detail. By casually monitoring the suspicion monitor on a daily basis, you develop a habitual sense of the acceptable activity, enabling you to detect and manage any threatening situation, in time.
Monitor Network Activity	The two traffic monitors allow you to keep an eye on the bandwidth consumption and discover anomalies in time:
Keep Track of Firewall Statistics	The Firewall Deskbar offers 3 types of tooltips: Suspicion "red peak" information You get the suspicion tooltip when you point the mouse cursor precisely at the red peak inside the suspicion monitor. Below, the mouse was placed on top of a red peak, and in return, the tooltip explains that the peak was caused by a 28% intrusion/ suspicion score. Security statistics Placing the mouse pointer on top of the suspicion monitor, avoiding the peeks, you will see the below tooltip pop-up: You can use the number of observation rules as an indication of how many situations the Firewall is currently evaluating. Bandwidth and General statistics Placing the mouse pointer on top of any Deskbar bandwidth monitor, causes the following tooltip to be shown:
Manage the Firewall	The Firewall Deskbar pop-up menu displays a meaningful subset of the Firewall actions known from the Firewall GUI. For more information, refer to the Firewall GUI chapter.