Template:Networking rutos manual firewall

The information in this page is updated in accordance with firmware version .

Summary

{{{name}}} devices use a standard Linux iptables package as its firewall, which uses routing chains and policies to facilitate control over inbound and outbound traffic.

This chapter of the user manual provides an overview of the Firewall page for {{{name}}} devices.

General Settings

The General Settings section is used to configure the main policies of the device's firewall. The figure below is an example of the General Settings section and the table below provides information on the fields contained in that section:

Field	Value	Description
Drop invalid packets	off | on; default: off	If enabled, a "Drop" action will be performed on packets that are determined to be invalid.
Automatic helper assignment	off | on; default: on	Automatically assigns conntrack helpers based on traffic protocol and port. If turned off, conntrack helpers can be selected for each zone.
Input	Reject | Drop | Accept; default: Reject	Default action* of the INPUT chain if a packet does not match any existing rule on that chain.
Output	Reject | Drop | Accept; default: Accept	Default action* of the OUTPUT chain if a packet does not match any existing rule on that chain.
Forward	Reject | Drop | Accept; default: Reject	Default action* of the FORWARD chain if a packet does not match any existing rule on that chain.

* When a packet goes through a firewall chain it is matched against all the rules of that specific chain. If no rule matches said packet, an according Action (Drop, Reject or Accept) is performed:

• Accept – packet gets to continue to the next chain.
• Drop – packet is stopped and deleted.
• Reject – packet is stopped, deleted and, differently from Drop, a message of rejection is sent to the source from which the packet came.

Routing/NAT Offloading

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The Routing/NAT Offloading is used to turn software flow offloading on or off.

The device checks whether the flow (sequence of related packets) is received and packed. Packets of unknown flow are forwarded to the networking stack. Meanwhile, if the flow is known, NAT is applied (if matched) and the packet is forwarded to the correct destination port (fast path) to bypass certain layers or packet processing process. As a result, we have a higher throughput and reduced the CPU load. This process is called software flow offloading.

Field	Value	Description
Software flow offloading	off | on; default: on	Software based offloading for routing/NAT.
IPsec software flow offload	off | on; default: off	Software based offloading for IPsec.

Zones

The Zones section is used to manage default traffic forwarding policies between different device zones. The figure below is an example of the Zones section and the table below provides information on the fields contained in that section:

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You can change a zone's settings from this page by interacting with entries in the zones table. For a more in-depth configuration click the edit button next to a zone.

Zones: General Settings

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Field	Value	Description
Name	string; default: none	A custom name for the zone. Used for easier management purposes.
Input	Accept | Drop | Reject; default: Accept	Default policy for traffic entering the zone. Possible variants: ACCEPT: packet gets to continue to the next chain. DROP: packet is stopped and deleted. REJECT: packet is stopped, deleted and, differently from Drop, an ICMP packet containing a message of rejection is sent to the source from which the dropped packet came.
Output	Accept | Drop | Reject; default: Accept	Default policy for traffic originating from and leaving the zone. Possible variants: ACCEPT: packet gets to continue to the next chain. DROP: packet is stopped and deleted. REJECT: packet is stopped, deleted and, differently from Drop, an ICMP packet containing a message of rejection is sent to the source from which the dropped packet came.
Forwarding inside zone	Accept | Drop | Reject; default: Accept	Default policy for traffic forwarded between the networks belonging to the zone. Possible variants: ACCEPT: packet gets to continue to the next chain. DROP: packet is stopped and deleted. REJECT: packet is stopped, deleted and, differently from Drop, an ICMP packet containing a message of rejection is sent to the source from which the dropped packet came.
Masquerading	off | on; default: off	Turns Masquerading off or on. MASQUERADE is an iptables target that can be used instead of the SNAT (source NAT) target when the external IP of the network interface is not known at the moment of writing the rule (when the interface gets the external IP dynamically).
MSS clamping	off | on; default: off	Turns MSS clamping off or on. MSS clamping is a workaround used to change the maximum segment size (MSS) of all TCP connections passing through links with an MTU lower than the Ethernet default of 1500.
Covered networks	network interface(s); default: depends on zone	Network or networks that belong to the zone.

Zones: Advanced Settings

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Field	Value	Description
Restrict to address family	IPv4 and IPv6 | IPv4 only | IPv6 only; default: IPv4 and IPv6	IP address family to which to zone will apply.
Restrict Masquerading to given source subnets	network/subnet; default: none	Applies Masquerading only to the specified source network/subnet.
Restrict Masquerading to given destinations subnets	network/subnet; default: none	Applies Masquerading only to the specified destination network/subnet.
Force connection tracking	off | on; default: off	Always maintains connection state (NEW, ESTABLISHED, RELATED) information.
Enable logging	off | on; default: off	Log dropped and rejected packets.
Limit log messages	integer/minute; default: none	Limit how many messages can be logged in the span of 1 minute. For example, to log 50 packets per minute use: 50/minute.
Conntrack helpers	Amanda backup and archiving proto (AMANDA) | FTP passive connection tracking (FTP) | RAS proto tracking (RAS) | Q.931 proto tracking (Q.931) | IRC DCC connection tracking (IRC) | PPTP VPN connection tracking (PPTP) | SIP VoIP connection tracking (SIP) | SNMP monitoring connection tracking (SNMP) | TFTP connection tracking (TFTP); default: none	Explicitly choses allowed connection tracking helpers for zone traffic.

Forwarding between zones

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The options below control the forwarding policies between this zone (lan) and other zones. Destination zones cover forwarded traffic originating from lan. Source zones match forwarded traffic from other zones targeted at lan. The forwarding rule is unidirectional e.g., a forward from lan to wan does not imply a permission to forwad from wan to lan as well.

Field	Value	Description
Allow forward to destination zones	zone(s); default: none	Allows forward traffic to specified destination zones. Destination zones cover forwarded traffic originating from this source zone.
Allow forward from source zones	zone(s); default: none	Allows forward traffic to specified source zones. Source zones match forwarded traffic originating from other zones that is targeted at this zone.

Port Forwards

Port forwarding is a way of redirecting an incoming connection to another IP address, port or the combination of both:

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The Port forwards table displays configured port forwarding rules currently configured on the device.

Field	Value	Description
Name	string; default: none	The name of the rule. This is used for easier management purposes.
Match		Only match traffic using the given rules.
Forward		Forward traffic to the given location.
Status		Displays the status of NAT rule.
Counter		Only the first packet of connection is usually counted due to stateful packet inspection (SPI). This also affects connectionless protocols.
Enabled	off | on; default none	Enables port forward rule.
Actions	clone | Edit | Delete; default -	Performs the selected action.

Add new instance

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The Add new instance section is used to quickly add additional port forwarding rules.

Field	Value	Description
Name	string; default: none	Name of the rule. This is used for easier management purposes.
External port	Any | FTP data (20) | FTP cmd (21) | SSH (22) | Old SMTP (25) | DNS (53) | HTTP (80) | NTP (123) | BGP (179) | HTTPS (443) | ISAKMP (500) | Modern SMTP (587) | RDP (3389) | + Add new; default: none	Only match traffic coming to the given port. Possible variants: Any: Match everything Port: 422 Port range: 1000-2000 All except value: !value
Internal IP address	IP | + Add new; default: first IP from the list	Forward traffic to the given network address. Possible variants: Any: Match everything IP address: 192.168.1.1 Subnet: 192.168.1.0/24
Internal port	No rewrite | FTP data (20) | FTP cmd (21) | SSH (22) | Old SMTP (25) | DNS (53) | HTTP (80) | NTP (123) | BGP (179) | HTTPS (443) | ISAKMP (500) | Modern SMTP (587) | RDP (3389) | + Add new; default: No rewrite	Forward traffic to the given port. Possible variants: No rewrite: Keep External port Port: 422 Port range: 1000-2000 All except value: !value

Port Forwards Configuration

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While the New port forward section provides the possibility to add port forwarding rules fast, it does not contain all possible configuration options to customize a rule. In order to create a more complicated rule, add one using the New port forward section and click the edit button next to it:

You will be redirected to that rule's configuration general settings page:

Field	Value	Description
Enable	off | on ; default: on	Turns the rule on or off
Name	string; default: none	Name of the rule. This is used for easier management purposes.
Protocol	TCP | UDP | ICMP | All | +Add new; default: TCP+UDP	Only match traffic using the given internet communication protocol. Possible variants: TCP: used by most applications (e.g., web browsing, file downloads, games). UDP: used by real-time applications that can accept packet loss (e.g., voice calls, video streaming). ICMP: used for diagnostic, control and error transfers in networks (e.g., ping). All: Accept all protocols Custom protocol: sctp
Source zone	Unspecified | firewall zone name | framed; default: wan	Only match traffic coming to the given firewall zone.
External port	Any | FTP data (20) | FTP cmd (21) | SSH (22) | Old SMTP (25) | DNS (53) | HTTP (80) | NTP (123) | BGP (179) | HTTPS (443) | ISAKMP (500) | Modern SMTP (587) | RDP (3389) | + Add new; default: none	Only match traffic coming to the given port. Possible variants: Any: Match everything Port: 422 Port range: 1000-2000 All except value: !value
Internal zone	Unspecified | firewall zone name | framed; default: lan	Forward traffic to the given firewall zone.
Internal IP address	Any | IP | + Add new; default: first IP from the list	Forward traffic to the given network address. Possible variants: IP address: 192.168.1.1 Subnet: 192.168.1.0/24
Internal port	No rewrite | FTP data (20) | FTP cmd (21) | SSH (22) | Old SMTP (25) | DNS (53) | HTTP (80) | NTP (123) | BGP (179) | HTTPS (443) | ISAKMP (500) | Modern SMTP (587) | RDP (3389) | + Add new; default: No rewrite	Forward traffic to the given port. Possible variants: No rewrite: Keep External port Port: 422 Port range: 1000-2000 All except value: !value

Advanced settings:

Field	Value	Description
Source MAC address	mac | + Add new; default: Any	Only match traffic coming from the given MAC address. Possible variants: Any: Match everything Mac address: 01:23:45:56:78:9a All except value: !value
Source IP address	IP | + Add new; default: Any	Only match traffic coming from the given network address. Possible variants: Any: Match everything IP address: 192.168.1.1 Subnet: 192.168.1.0/24 All except value: !value
Source port	FTP data (20) | FTP cmd (21) | SSH (22) | Old SMTP (25) | DNS (53) | HTTP (80) | NTP (123) | BGP (179) | HTTPS (443) | ISAKMP (500) | Modern SMTP (587) | RDP (3389) | + Add new; default: Any	Only match traffic coming from the given port. Possible variants: Any: Match everything Port: 422 Port range: 1000-2000 All except value: !value
External IP address	Any | IP | + Add new; default: Any	Only match traffic coming to the given network address. Possible variants: Any: Match everything IP address: 192.168.1.1 Subnet: 192.168.1.0/24 All except value: !value
Enable NAT loopback	off | on ; default: on	NAT loopback a.k.a. NAT reflection a.k.a. NAT hairpinning is a method of accessing an internal server using a public IP. NAT loopback enables your local network (i.e., behind your NAT device) to connect to a forward-facing IP address of a machine that it also on your local network.
Extra arguments	string; default: none	Passes additional arguments to iptables. Use with care!

Traffic Rules

The Traffic rules tab is used to set firewall rules that filter traffic moving through the device. The figure below is an example of the Traffic rules table:

Field	Value	Description
Name	string; default: -	The name of the rule. This is used for easier management purposes.
Match		Only match traffic using the given rules.
Action		Take given action when traffic matches all conditions.
Status		Displays the status of NAT rule.
Counter		Only the first packet of connection is usually counted due to stateful packet inspection (SPI). This also affects connectionless protocols.
Enabled	off | on; default none	Enables traffic rule.
Actions	clone | Edit | Delete; default -	Performs the selected action.

Traffic Rule Configuration

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In order to begin editing a traffic rule, click the edit button next to it:

You will be redirected to that rule's configuration page:

General settings

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Field	Value	Description
Enable	off | on; default on	Turns the rule on or off.
Name	string; default none	Name of the rule. This is used for easier management purposes.
Protocol	TCP | UDP | ICMP | All | +Add new; default: depends on the rule	Only match traffic using the given internet communication protocol. Possible variants: TCP: used by most applications (e.g., web browsing, file downloads, games) UDP: used by real-time applications that can accept packet loss (e.g., voice calls, video streaming) ICMP: used for diagnostic, control and error transfers in networks (e.g., ping) All: Accept all protocols Custom protocol: sctp
Match ICMP type	Any | ICMP-type (list) | + Add new; default: Any	Only match traffic having the given ICMP type.
Source zone	firewall zone; default: wan	Only match traffic coming to the given firewall zone.
Source IP address	ip address; default: Any	Only match traffic coming from the given network address. Possible variants: Any: Match everything IP address: 192.168.1.1 Subnet: 192.168.1.0/24 IPv6 address: 123:1::5:6:7 IPv6 Subnet: 123:1:5:6::0/64 All except value: !value
Source port	FTP data (20) | FTP cmd (21) | SSH (22) | Old SMTP (25) | DNS (53) | HTTP (80) | NTP (123) | BGP (179) | HTTPS (443) | ISAKMP (500) | Modern SMTP (587) | RDP (3389) | + Add new; default: Any	Only match traffic coming from the given port. Possible variants: Any: Match everything Port: 422 Port range: 1000-2000 All except value: !value
Destination zone	firewall zone; default: Device (input)	Only match traffic being forwarded to to the given firewall zone.
Destination address	ip address; default: Any	Only match traffic being forwarded to the given network address. Possible variants: Any: Match everything IP address: 192.168.1.1 Subnet: 192.168.1.0/24 IPv6 address: 123:1::5:6:7 IPv6 Subnet: 123:1:5:6::0/64 All except value: !value
Destination port	FTP data (20) | FTP cmd (21) | SSH (22) | Old SMTP (25) | DNS (53) | HTTP (80) | NTP (123) | BGP (179) | HTTPS (443) | ISAKMP (500) | Modern SMTP (587) | RDP (3389) | + Add new; default: Any	Only match traffic being forwarded to the given port. Possible variants: Any: Match everything Port: 422 Port range: 1000-2000 All except value: !value
Action	Drop | Accept | Reject | Do not track | Change DSCP | Mark | Change TTL; default: Accept	Take given action when traffic matches all conditions. Possible variants: Accept – packet gets to continue to the next chain. Drop – packet is stopped and deleted. Reject – packet is stopped, deleted and, differently from Drop, an ICMP packet containing a message of rejection is sent to the source from which the dropped packet came. Change DSCP: – packet is marked with specified DiffServ Code Point value. Do not track – packet gets excluded from connection tracking (conntrack). Mark – packet is marked with specified firewall mark. Change TTL – packet's TTL value is adjusted based on the selected action. Clamp MSS – packet's MSS will be clamped to improve compatability with other networks. Only available if protocol is TCP.
DSCP value	Default | CS1 | AF11 | AF12 | AF13 | CS2 | AF21 | AF22 | AF23...; default: Default	DSCP value to use for actions.
Mark value	hexadecimal string; default: empty	Mark value to use for actions.
TTL action	Set | Increment | Decrement; default: Set	TTL action to apply to packets.
TTL value	integer [1..255]; default: none	TTL value to use for actions.

Advanced settings

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Restrict to address family	IPv4 and IPv6 | IPv4 only | IPv6 only; default: IPv4 and IPv6	Only match traffic using the given IP family.
Source MAC address	mac | + Add new; default: Any	Only match traffic coming from the given MAC address. Possible variants: Any: Match everything Mac address: 01:23:45:56:78:9a All except value: !value
Match	DSCP | Mark; default: none	Match traffic against the given DSCP value or firewall mark
DSCP: Set Match value	Default | DSCP values; default: Default	Match traffic against the given firewall DSCP value.
Mark: Set Match value	hexadecimal string; default: none	If specified, match traffic against the given firewall mark, e.g. FF or ff to match mark 255.
Extra arguments	string; default: none	Adds extra .iptables options to the rule.

Time restrictions

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Week days	days of the week [Monday..Sunday]; default: none	Specifies on which days of the week the rule is valid.
Month days	days of the month [1..31]; default: none	Specifies on which days of the month the rule is valid.
Start Time (hh:mm:ss)	time [0..23:0..59:0..59]; default: none	Indicates the beginning of the time period during which the rule is valid.
Stop Time (hh:mm:ss)	time [0..23:0..59:0..59]; default: none	Indicates the end of the time period during which the rule is valid.
Start Date (yyyy-mm-dd)	date [0000..9999:1..12:1..31]; default: none	Indicates the first day of the date of the period during which the rule is valid.
Stop Date (yyyy-mm-dd)	date [0000..9999:1..12:1..31]; default: none	Indicates the last day of the date of the period during which the rule is valid.
Time in UTC	off | on; default: no	Specifies whether the device should use UTC time. If this is disabled, the time zone specified in the System → Administration → [[{{{name}}}_Administration#NTP|NTP]] page will be used.

Open Ports on Router

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In the Add new instance section, select Open ports on router. This provides a quick way to set simple rules that allow traffic on specified ports of the device. The figure below is an example of the Open ports on device section and the table below provides information on the fields contained in that section:

Field	Value	Description
Name	string; default: none	Name of the rule. This is only used for easier management purposes.
Protocol	TCP | UDP | ICMP | All | +Add new; default: depends on the rule	Only match traffic using the given internet communication protocol. Possible variants: TCP: used by most applications (e.g., web browsing, file downloads, games) UDP: used by real-time applications that can accept packet loss (e.g., voice calls, video streaming) ICMP: used for diagnostic, control and error transfers in networks (e.g., ping) All: Accept all protocols Custom protocol: sctp

Add New Forward Rule

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In the Add new instance section, select Add new forward rule. This is used to create firewall rules that control traffic on the FORWARD chain. The figure below is an example of the Add New Forward Rule section and the table below provides information on the fields contained in that section:

Field	Value	Description
Name	string; default: none	The name of the rule. This is used for easier management purposes.
Source zone	firewall zone; default: lan	Only match traffic coming to the given firewall zone.
Destination zone	firewall zone; default: lan	Only match traffic being forwarded to the given firewall zone.
Add	- (interactive button)	Creates the rule and redirects you to the rule's configuration page

NAT Rules

NAT rules allow fine grained control over the source IP to use for outbound or forwarded traffic.

The NAT section displays currently existing NAT rules.

Field	Value	Description
Name	string; default: none	The name of the rule. This is used for easier management purposes.
Match		Only match traffic using the given rules.
Action		Modify traffic with the given rules.
Status		Displays the status of NAT rule.
Counter		Only the first packet of connection is usually counted due to stateful packet inspection (SPI). This also affects connectionless protocols.
Enabled	off | on; default none	Enables NAT rule.
Actions	clone | Edit | Delete; default -	Performs the selected action.

Add new instance

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The Add new instance section is used to create new NAT rules.

Field	Value	Description
Name	string; default: none	The name of the rule. This is used for easier management purposes.
Source zone	firewall zone; default: lan	Only match traffic coming to the given firewall zone.
Rewrite IP	IP | + Add new; default: first IP from the list	Rewrite matched traffic to the given source network address. Possible variants: IP address: 192.168.1.1 Subnet: 192.168.1.0/24
Rewrite Port	integer [0..65335] | port inversion [!0..!65535] | do not rewrite; default: none	Rewrite matched traffic to the given source port. Possible variants: No rewrite: Keep Source port Port: 422 Port range: 1000-2000
Add	- (interactive button)	Creates the rule in accordance with the given parameter and redirects you to the rule's configuration page.

NAT Configuration

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After adding new rule, you will be redirected to that rule's configuration page:

Field	Value	Description
Enable	off | on; default on	Turns the rule on or off.
Name	string; default none	Name of the rule. This is used for easier management purposes.
Protocol	TCP | UDP | ICMP | All | +Add new; default: All	Only match traffic using the given internet communication protocol. Possible variants: TCP: used by most applications (e.g., web browsing, file downloads, games). UDP: used by real-time applications that can accept packet loss (e.g., voice calls, video streaming). ICMP: used for diagnostic, control and error transfers in networks (e.g., ping). All: Accept all protocols Custom protocol: sctp
Outband zone	firewall zone; default: lan	Only match traffic leaving the given firewall zone.
Source IP address	ip address; default: Any	Only match traffic coming from the given network address. Possible variants: Any: Match everything IP address: 192.168.1.1 Subnet: 192.168.1.0/24 IPv6 address: 123:1::5:6:7 IPv6 Subnet: 123:1:5:6::0/64 All except value: !value
Source port	FTP data (20) | FTP cmd (21) | SSH (22) | Old SMTP (25) | DNS (53) | HTTP (80) | NTP (123) | BGP (179) | HTTPS (443) | ISAKMP (500) | Modern SMTP (587) | RDP (3389) | + Add new; default: Any	Only match traffic coming from the given port. Possible variants: Any: Match everything Port: 422 Port range: 1000-2000 All except value: !value
Destination IP address	ip address; default: Any	Only match traffic being forwarded to the given network address. Possible variants: Any: Match everything IP address: 192.168.1.1 Subnet: 192.168.1.0/24 All except value: !value
Destination port	FTP data (20) | FTP cmd (21) | SSH (22) | Old SMTP (25) | DNS (53) | HTTP (80) | NTP (123) | BGP (179) | HTTPS (443) | ISAKMP (500) | Modern SMTP (587) | RDP (3389) | + Add new; default: Any	Only match traffic being forwarded to the given port. Possible variants: Any: Match everything Port: 422 Port range: 1000-2000 All except value: !value
Action	SNAT | MASQUERADE | ACCEPT; default SNAT	NAT action to use on matched traffic. Possible variants: SNAT: rewrite to specific source IP or port. MASQUERADE: automatically rewrite to outbound interface IP. ACCEPT: blacklist from having IP or port rewritten.
Rewrite IP address	ip address; default: Any	Only match traffic being forwarded to the given network address. Possible variants: Any: Match everything IP address: 192.168.1.1 Subnet: 192.168.1.0/24 All except value: !value

Field	Value	Description
Extra arguments	string; default: none	Passes additional arguments to iptables. Use with care!

Field	Value	Description
Week days	days of the week [Monday..Sunday]; default: none	Specifies on which days of the week the rule is valid.
Month days	days of the month [1..31]; default: none	Specifies on which days of the month the rule is valid.
Start Time (hh:mm:ss)	time [0..23:0..59:0..59]; default: none	Indicates the beginning of the time period during which the rule is valid.
Stop Time (hh:mm:ss)	time [0..23:0..59:0..59]; default: none	Indicates the end of the time period during which the rule is valid.
Start Date (yyyy-mm-dd)	date [0000..9999:1..12:1..31]; default: none	Indicates the first day of the date of the period during which the rule is valid.
Stop Date (yyyy-mm-dd)	date [0000..9999:1..12:1..31]; default: none	Indicates the last day of the date of the period during which the rule is valid.
Time in UTC	off | on; default: no	Specifies whether the device should use UTC time. If this is disabled, the time zone specified in the System → Administration → [[{{{name}}}_Administration#NTP|NTP]] page will be used.

Attack Prevention

The Attack Prevention menu tab provides the possibility to configure protections against certain types of online attacks.

Field	Value	Description
Attack type		Name of attack prevention type.
Enable	off | on	Enable attack from WAN zone prevention (except SYN flood which applies to all zones).
Advanced settings	-interactive button (Edit)	Opens attack prevention configuration window.

Note: the individual attack prevention configuration windows are shown below.

SYN flood

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SYN Flood attack prevention allows you to protect yourself from attacks that exploit part of the normal TCP three-way handshake to consume resources on the targeted server and render it unresponsive. Essentially, with SYN flood DDOS, the offender sends TCP connection requests faster than the targeted machine can process them, causing network over-saturation.

Field	Value	Description
Enable attack prevention	off | on; default: on	Enable new connection throttle for the "SYN flood" to prevent flood attacks from all zones. It uses token bucket algorithm.
Limit	integer [1..10000]; default: 25	The maximum theoretical rate. It represents how quickly the burst refills.
Burst	integer [1..10000]; default: 50	Sets burst limit for SYN packets above which the traffic is considered flooded if it exceeds the allowed rate
TCP SYN cookies	off | on; default: on	Enables the use of SYN cookies (particular choices of initial TCP sequence numbers by TCP servers)

Ping flood

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Some attackers use ICMP echo request packets directed to IP broadcast addresses from remote locations to generate denial-of-service attacks. You can set up some custom restrictions to help protect your router from ICMP bursts.

Field	Value	Description
Enable remote ping requests	off | on; default: on	Allows remote (WAN zone) ICMP echo-request type.
Enable attack prevention	off | on; default: off	Enable new connection throttle for the "Ping flood" to prevent flood attacks from WAN zone. It uses token bucket algorithm.
Limit	integer [1..10000]; default: 60	The maximum theoretical rate. It represents how quickly the burst refills.
Limit period	Second | Minute | Hour | Day; default: Second	Period length for matching the conditions of the rule.
Burst	integer [1..10000]; default: 60	The maximum number of new connections that can occur in a short time. This is the token bucket, which is depleted with each new connection. It refills at the rate defined by the limit, and if empty, new connections are blocked.
Enable logging	off | on; default: off	Flood detection events will be logged to [[{{{name}}}__Maintenance#Troubleshoot_Logs|System log]].

SSH flood

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This protection prevent SSH attacks by limiting connections in a defined period.

Field	Value	Description
Enable attack prevention	off | on; default: off	Enable new connection throttle for the "SSH flood" to prevent flood attacks from WAN zone. It uses token bucket algorithm.
Limit	integer [1..10000]; default: 100	The maximum theoretical rate. It represents how quickly the burst refills.
Limit period	Second | Minute | Hour | Day; default: Second	Period length for matching the conditions of the rule.
Burst	integer [1..10000]; default: 100	The maximum number of new connections that can occur in a short time. This is the token bucket, which is depleted with each new connection. It refills at the rate defined by the limit, and if empty, new connections are blocked.
Enable logging	off | on; default: off	Flood detection events will be logged to [[{{{name}}}__Maintenance#Troubleshoot_Logs|System log]].

HTTP flood

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An HTTP attack sends a complete, legitimate HTTP header, which includes a 'Content-Length' field to specify the size of the message body to follow. However, the attacker then proceeds to send the actual message body at an extremely slow rate (e.g. 1 byte/100 seconds.) Due to the entire message being correct and complete, the target server will attempt to obey the 'Content-Length' field in the header, and wait for the entire body of the message to be transmitted, hence slowing it down.

Field	Value	Description
Enable attack prevention	off | on; default: off	Enable new connection throttle for the "HTTP flood" to prevent flood attacks from WAN zone. It uses token bucket algorithm.
Limit	integer [1..10000]; default: 120	The maximum theoretical rate. It represents how quickly the burst refills.
Limit period	Second | Minute | Hour | Day; default: Second	Period length for matching the conditions of the rule.
Burst	integer [1..10000]; default: 120	The maximum number of new connections that can occur in a short time. This is the token bucket, which is depleted with each new connection. It refills at the rate defined by the limit, and if empty, new connections are blocked.
Enable logging	off | on; default: off	Flood detection events will be logged to [[{{{name}}}__Maintenance#Troubleshoot_Logs|System log]].

HTTPS flood

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This section allows you to enable protection against HTTPS attacks, also known as "man-in-the-middle" attacks (MITM).

In cryptography and computer security, a man-in-the-middle attack (MITM) is an attack where the perpetrator secretly relays and possibly alters the communication between two parties who believe they are directly communicating with each other. One example of man-in-the-middle attacks is active eavesdropping, in which the attacker makes independent connections with the victims and relays messages between them to make them believe they are talking directly to each other over a private connection, when in fact the entire conversation is controlled by the attacker.

Field	Value	Description
Enable attack prevention	off | on; default: off	Enable new connection throttle for the "HTTPS flood" to prevent flood attacks from WAN zone. It uses token bucket algorithm.
Limit	integer [1..10000]; default: 120	The maximum theoretical rate. It represents how quickly the burst refills.
Limit period	Second | Minute | Hour | Day; default: Second	Period length for matching the conditions of the rule.
Burst	integer [1..10000]; default: 120	The maximum number of new connections that can occur in a short time. This is the token bucket, which is depleted with each new connection. It refills at the rate defined by the limit, and if empty, new connections are blocked.
Enable logging	off | on; default: off	Flood detection events will be logged to [[{{{name}}}__Maintenance#Troubleshoot_Logs|System log]].

Port Scan

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Port Scan attacks scan which of the targeted host's ports are open. Network ports are the entry points to a machine that is connected to the Internet. A service that listens on a port is able to receive data from a client application, process it and send a response back. Malicious clients can sometimes exploit vulnerabilities in the server code so they gain access to sensitive data or execute malicious code on the machine remotely. Port scanning is usually done in the initial phase of a penetration test in order to discover all network entry points into the target system. The Port Scan section provides you with the possibility to enable protection against port scanning software. The Defending Type section provides the possibility for the user to enable protections from certain types of online attacks. These include SYN-FIN, SYN-RST, X-Mas, FIN scan and NULLflags attacks.

Field	Value	Description
Enable port scan prevention	off | on; default: off	Enable brute force port scan prevention from WAN zone. If there is too much TCP packets from same host without responses they start to be rejected.
Scan count	integer [5..255]; default: 5	Port scan (TCP packet without response) count before packets are rejected.
Interval	integer [10..1000]; default: 10	Time span (in seconds) in which 'scan count' has to be reached before packets are rejected.
SYN-FIN attack	off | on; default: off	Turns protection from SYN-FIN attacks on or off.
SYN-RST attack	off | on; default: off	Turns protection from SYN-RST attacks on or off.
X-Mas attack	off | on; default: off	Turns protection from X-Mas attacks on or off.
FIN scan	off | on; default: off	Protect from nmap FIN scan.
NULLflags attack	off | on; default: off	Turns protection from NULLflags attacks on or off.

Custom Rules

The Custom rules tab provides you with the possibility to execute iptables commands which are not otherwise covered by the device's firewall framework. The commands are executed after each firewall restart, right after the default rule set has been loaded.

Note: Custom rules are not recommended to be used with hostnames. The rules will not remain active after reboot due to security reasons.

The figure below is an example of the Custom rules tab:

The rules added here are saved in the /etc/firewall.user file. Feel free to edit that file instead for the same effect in case you don't have access to the device's WebUI.

The Save button restarts the firewall service. Thus, adding the custom rules specified in this section to the device's list of firewall rules.

The Reset button resets the custom rules field to its default state.

DMZ

The DMZ is a security concept. It comprises the separation of the LAN-side network into at least two networks: the user LAN and the DMZ. Generally the DMZ is imprisoned: only access to certain ports from the Internet are allowed into the DMZ, while the DMZ is not allowed to establish new connections to the WAN-side or LAN-side networks. That way, if a server inside of the DMZ is hacked the potential damage that can be done remains restricted! The whole point of the DMZ is to cleanly create a unique firewall rule set that dramatically restricts access in to, and out of the, DMZ.

Field	Value	Description
Enable	off | on; default: off	Enables the DMZ configuration.
Status	state; default:	Displays the status of the DMZ.
Counter	count of packets; default:	Only the first packet of connection is usually counted due to stateful packet inspection (SPI). This also affects connectionless protocols.
Host IP	ipv4; default: none	Specifies the IP address of the DMZ host.
Protocol	All | TCP | UDP | ICMP; default: None	Specifies for which protocols the DMZ will be used.
Ports	0..65535 | port range | port negation; default: none	Match incoming traffic directed at the given destination port or port range on DMZ host IP.

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