Questions tagged [firewalls]
Concerned with software or hardware firewalls
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Separation of devices for VPN / Firewall [closed]
Our company has two separate firewall devices from different vendors (Checkpoint / Cisco) for firewall and VPN access.
We're currently evaluating the possibility of migrating to a newer, clustered ...
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How are Web application firewalls typically implemented?
How are WAFs typically implemented?
I'm currently doing some research on this topic and found some sources that claim their ".htaccess" rules are used as a WAF.
Q1: I was wondering if this method ...
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Block a file from being accessed over the internet
I keep my client data in a password protected Excel file.
For added security, I would like to block access to this file from potential hackers on the Internet.
Is it possible to block access to a ...
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Why is Zone Alarm Blocking VMWare Virtual Network Editor?
I have version 15 of VMWare running on my Windows 10 computer.
When I open the Virtual Network Editor and try to add a bridged connection, I get an error saying:
Cannot change network to bridged: ...
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standards reference to perimeter security
I have the following problematic that I am currently dealing with. I have two zones/perimeters that need to be interconnected, some standards protocols have to be whitelisted such as HTTP, FTP, SSH ...
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Microsoft Telemetry Data [migrated]
I work at a large company and started digging through firewall logs to get my head around the network and what is going on. I noticed a HUGE amount of traffic going to 72.21.81.240. I cross-correlated ...
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Security measures to take upon acquiring a new laptop?
I'm planning on buying a regular HP laptop. However, I'm still a novice when it comes to information security. I'm planning on using this laptop to SOLELY login to my bank accounts and NO OTHER ...
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Is it a bad idea using two firewalls on the same PC?
If i'm using windows default firewall and a third-party firewall, is it represents a security issue or I have to worry just with possible conflicts? And what type of conflicts could exists?
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Security of next generation firewall
In recent years there's been a number of IndieGoGo or KickStarter projects for smart device protection, or next-generation firewalls. Some examples are: Anonabox, Cujo, Dojo, Firewalla, Keezel, ...
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How does TLS traffic impact firewalls?
If I have an open port on a firewall it means that I can receive traffic on that port. If it's unencrypted I assume that the raw data is just allowed through.
If TLS is being used, does firewall ...
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Network diagram based on Cisco ACL and other firewall rules [closed]
Are there any tools for automated building network diagram from ACL rules or any other firewall rules?
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Ports Showing Closed/Filtered in Nmap Scans
hopefully this isn't a stupid question.. I am running some nmap scans and I get a list of ports that show closed. Why would they even show in the scan report? Can these be exploited further with other ...
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What is the difference between Anti - APT (Advanced Persistent Threat) and ATP (Advanced Threat Protection)?
Like the question says, is it the naming difference only or are they entirely different?
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Why would my firewall be blocking external source and external destination IP's that I dont own? [closed]
In my Cisco ASA firewall logs I'm seeing events being blocked with an external source IP and a external destination IP. This is happening in the same event log. An example would be:
TCP access ...
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Firewalls vs DMZ
What's the difference between Firewalls and DMZs? These terms seem to overlap at time and I'm not clear on the difference. Maybe a DMZ is achieved using firewalls?
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Stopping “phone home” applications in VM with TBB
I have a VM with Linux and the TBB installed on it. What I am trying to do is to make sure that other applications like for example operating system applications cannot "phone home" while I am using ...
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Detecting and blocking TCP VPN connections that bypasses existing VPN detection software
I help manage a small college campus network and students are not allowed to visit certain sites and download using torrents. Currently I'm able to block UDP VPN connections, but TCP VPN connections ...
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Windows Firewall blocking local access to SQL Server?
I have an AWS virtual machine running a web application on IIS that connects to a SQL Server database (on the same machine). Recently, I have noticed that there are a plethora of failed login attempts ...
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Windows Firewall - How do I know that I have completely blocked a program?
I have a specific software that I cannot let out to the internet but it is crucial that it has access to the local network.
I can create an inbound and an outbound Block rule for the main application'...
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OpenAppID with Snort on pfSense [closed]
I'm using OpenAppID with Snort on pfSense, it actually work but when I view some script detector, it just detect by http pattern, which I can replace by using snort rule (with "content" option). So ...
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Difference between a behaviour-based security and traditional firewall?
Difference between a behaviour-based security and traditional firewall? As I have searched the web and honestly cannot find anything about it.
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Are there any alternative methods for reverse connections that bypass firewalls?
I'm doing a PenTest on a server. I have an RCE vulnerability on it, but when I try to do a reverse connection via netcat, the firewall blocks it. Is there any other methods used for reverse ...
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How do the CVE-2018-10562 and CVE-2018-10561 exploits work?
https://www.vpnmentor.com/blog/critical-vulnerability-gpon-router/
Firstly, the use of 'GPON' I find misleading because this vulnerability is to do with the routers and webservers and not the access ...
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Weak ciphers in TLS VPN
We have a firewall out of our firm network and administrators connect to this firewall by VPN over TLS.
Scanning this firewall, the vulnerability scanner get us some warning as the 443 port allow weak ...
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Block Outbound Connections by Country
We want to reduce the number of phishing sites that our users can get to. Would it be useful or more problematic to block outbound connections by geo IP? We already block many inbound connections by ...
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Can Snort or Suricata *edit* packet on the fly?
I know that they can detect traffic by rules, but can they modify packets on the go?
For example, not only detecting HTTP GET but also adding headers to the GET packet.
If they can't, is there an ...
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Beginner UFW question about destination any
I'm learning about UFW with a Raspberry Pi and I don't a couple of things when it comes to UFW rules. Can anyone help me suss a couple things out?
My first question is about the destination any. If I ...
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Providing access to Git repo behind a Firewall using Certs/Keys for Authentication
We have a Git repo sitting behind a firewall. As I see it, there are two ways of authenticating/accessing the Git repo:
Add a Reverse HTTP Proxy in the DMZ that communicates with the Git repo. This ...
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In what situations / with what nodes should a node ping / not ping?
I was recently looking at a network in which the client-machines that accessed a webservice endpoint, but which could not ping the webservice endpoint.
And there are other machines that can ping the ...
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Filter/Block OpenVPN clients' access to a specific website
As stated in the title I would like to restrict VPN clients' access to specific websites.
More specifically, I push the route for 5 websites to the clients via the server config. However, I would ...
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Why should I bother having a firewall on servers?
In the case of a server, the only applications that are running there are the ones that I've setup, so you don't just have random users downloading & running malware.
The only ports that are open ...
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Country Blocking
I use a Meraki firewall and want to block outside attack attempts. Is there a list of countries that are known to be malicious? I want to load them into the system and GEO block them. I know that some ...
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PHP socks proxy with no port opening
let's say i have file apache file access on a webserver, but due to firewall rules etc, i can't connect to ssh and can't open a port.
Is there a way to do this exactly this :
create a socks proxy on ...
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Fortigate Creating Millions of DNS events to standard domains
I am trying to tune our SIEM and noticed that we are receiving millions of DNS records every day from the same domains.
These are:
update.microsoft.com
swscan.apple.com
softwareupdate.vmware.com
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Secure onion router setup [closed]
I would like to setup a Raspberry Pi as an onion router, but I have some questions about it.
At home I am using a Fritz!Box to connect to the outer world (to the net of my ISP). Would it make any ...
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Why Does Windows Server Block ICMP By Default? [duplicate]
I am conducting a OpenVAS vulnerability scan on a Windows Server 2012 box and it came back empty. It turns out that the scanner checks to see if the host is alive by sending it a ping request--if it ...
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Distributed network with one host behind dmz and the other without
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This a question from my homework assignment.
There is a company with two sites A and B.
B is behind DMZ (firewall - proxy mail server - firewall)
and A is just behind a firewall
Network A ...
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IPsec down with unusual SNMP traffic [closed]
Time to time IPSec tunnel status become down, with unusual SNMP Traffic. when I disable and enable port manually, it become normal.
I am using 200E fortigate firewall.
Have you any idea or previous ...
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Types of firewalls to implement to reduce DoS attacks in POS systems
Would you need an internal, external and a host-resident firewall for each POS client?
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How to safely expose a computer to the Internet with a public IP
Our LAN is configured behind a load balancing router, in turn connected to a modem assigning public IPs to connected devices.
I am required to randomly test the connection effective throughput, ...
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How do I configure a home router to block traffic to and from specific geographic regions? [closed]
My mom keeps typing in wrong URLs with typos and getting sent to Chinese typosquatting malware or fraud sites, so I want to configure my home router to block all traffic to and from China as much as ...
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Do I need two firewalls or is one enough?
We have a bunch of company devices (servers, desktops, laptops, company-issue phones, etc). All of these devices are company devices, every employee uses them just for business. All devices should ...
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Understanding port scanning with firewall enabled
My objective is to do a port scanner in windows and find the ports which are open. Suppose, I run an application which opens up a port 8000. Now I create a new inbound rule to block all incoming ...
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Do I have to block UDP ports when I launch my own server with a public IP?
I am trying to give better security to my Raspberry sever. When I installed UFW, I allowed just port 80/tcp and my own high port for SSH communication, and by default are all others ports "deny".
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Firewall Showing 1,000's Of Strange GET Parameters Being Sent To Login Page?
So I woke up today, and checked my Firewall Events on CloudFlare for my website like I do normally. Most of the time I'll just see thousands of failed SQL injection attempts, but this morning I was ...
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health check to test haproxy — request deny with 200. good idea?
I have been working on a multi-provider redundant load balancing solution using HAProxy, AWS, and Cloudflare. I have a solution, and I believe it will be secure, but I am looking for further ...
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What is the thought process behind, Endpoint protection is better than firewalls?
I keep reading about, and seeing people post and recommend in the oddest places, that strong endpoint protection is better than having a in-service/supported/receiving security updates firewall.
What ...
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How can Nmap bypass Windows Server firewall rules?
I need to block all communication (inbound/outbound) from server A to server B (all ports/all protocols). Server A should communicate with every machine except server B. I can't place firewall rules ...
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Infection of malware
Lets say,
My firewall is configured to block any incoming connections
My browser doesnt allow any traces and scripts
I have vpn on
My browser always asks before downloading files
My browser doesn't ...
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UFW (Uncomplicated Firewall) Question
I was wondering if there's any benefit of adding following rules to a Raspberry-Pi directly exposed to the internet:
sudo ufw deny to 0.0.0.0/8 &&
sudo ufw deny to 169.254.0.0/16 &&
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