Accessing the ZoneAlarm Portal Remotely Using HTTPS

You can access the ZoneAlarm Portal remotely (from the Internet) through HTTPS. HTTPS is a protocol for accessing a secure Web server. It is used to transfer confidential user information. If desired, you can also use HTTPS to access the ZoneAlarm Portal from your internal network.

Note: In order to access the ZoneAlarm Portal remotely using HTTPS, you must first do both of the following:

Configure your password, using HTTP. See Initial Login to the ZoneAlarm Portal.
Configure HTTPS Remote Access. See Configuring HTTPS.

Note: Your browser must support 128-bit cipher strength. To check your browser's cipher strength, open Internet Explorer and click Help > About Internet Explorer.

To access the ZoneAlarm Portal from your internal network

Browse to https://my.firewall.
(Note that the URL starts with "https", not "http".)

The ZoneAlarm Portal appears.

To access the ZoneAlarm Portal from the Internet

Browse to https://<firewall_IP_address>:981.
(Note that the URL starts with "https", not "http".)

The following things happen in the order below:

If this is your first attempt to access the ZoneAlarm Portal through HTTPS, the certificate in the ZoneAlarm router is not yet known to the browser, so the Security Alert dialog box appears.

To avoid seeing this dialog box again, install the certificate of the destination ZoneAlarm router. If you are using Internet Explorer 6, do the following:
1. Click View Certificate.
  The Certificate dialog box appears, with the General tab displayed.
2. Click Install Certificate.
  The Certificate Import Wizard opens.
3. Click Next.
4. Click Next.
5. Click Finish.
6. Click Yes.
7. Click OK.
  The Security Alert dialog box reappears.
8. Click Yes.
  The ZoneAlarm Portal appears.