Questions tagged [firewalls]
Concerned with software or hardware firewalls
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IPv6 firewall problem with ps4 [migrated]
I'm experiencing a problem with my router cisco d3928 and codww2 online.
I opened all the ports needed to play codww2 online and nothing worked, but if i disable ipv6 firewall i can play normally.
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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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How do I open port 443 or HTTPS in Windows Server and Ubuntu Server? [on hold]
I am trying to open port 443 on Windows Server 2012 R2 and Ubuntu Server 18.04. I am scanning both of these in zenmap to see if port 443 is opened and it is closed on both of them. I would like for it ...
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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 git repo sitting behind a firewall. As I see, 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 will ...
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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
Context:
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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IDS and IPS placement in network? [duplicate]
What is the good practice for the placement of IDS (NIDS) and IPS? Before the firewall or after the firewall? and why?
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How are stateless firewalls useful in public cloud platforms?
I'm trying to understand the value of stateless firewalls in public cloud platforms like Network Access Control Lists (NACL) in Amazon Web Services (AWS). I think I know a few ways I can use them, but ...
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How IDS and Firewall Logs are aggregated and feed aggregated log to SIEM?
I am studying SIEM tools.
Firewall logs will be different from IDS logs and even from Antivirus logs.
How can log aggregation take place?
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Can an ISP limit what security software (firewall) that will work?
My ISP (JCOM) says that McAfee is the only security software that will work with them. Is that true? The system is running Windows 7 Home Premium Japanese Version.
The McAfee system is provided by ...
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Being connected to a trusted VPN, do I still need personal firewall, and if so, why?
Background
Hardware: Dell Inspiron 15 Gaming 7577-92774 with recent BIOS (16-Aug-2018)
Operating System: Windows 10 Pro, version 1803 (Build 17134.285)
Antivirus / Firewall: ESET Smart Security ...
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Have firewall and VPN already, should I buy a mini router to protect my laptop?
I often travel for business and use hotel wifi. I have installed Little Snitch and VPN-Outline for internet security. Should I buy a mini router? Will it keep my computer safer？ Otherwise，with or ...
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Advised to block all traffic to/from specific IP addresses
My CFO received an email from a director at a financial institution advising that all traffic (inbound and outbound) from certain IP addresses should be blocked at the firewall. The director at the ...
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What are the Pros & Cons of VPN server behind or in front of firewall? [closed]
What are the pros and cons of a VPN server behind or in front of the firewall? There seems to be no right or wrong in either option.
An example of the VPN server in front of the firewall:
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Is it advisable to accept STUN server connections?
My firewall reports outgoing connection attempts via com.apple.WebKit.Networking to a number of STUN servers (namely, stun.nas.net, stun.node4.co.uk, stun.voxox.com and stun.wwdl.net). This is ...
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Why is DDOS is one of the most common Cyber-Attack? [closed]
Based on some articles and some research DDOS is one of the most common cyber-attack.
There are tonnes of articles out there about the DDOS subject, including describing, mitigating, the question "...
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Do I need Gateway Firewall for IoT network? [closed]
Do I need a gateway firewall to prevent attacks like DoS, if my IoT network can only talk to cloud using IPsec?
Even if there is need that can be implemented at cloud. Is there any need for it to ...
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Am I being Hacked? So many defferent ip's in router firewall logs [duplicate]
My router dsl light was not stable; It keept disconnecting and connecting..So I logged into Router Homepage to check whats wrong and found there were so many different ip's in Router firewall logs I ...
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Is It More Secure to Use Firewalls from Two Different Vendors?
The topic is "Is It More Secure to Use Firewalls from Two Different Vendors "
Is not much safer using a multi-vendor firewall because "More than 95% of firewall breaches are caused by firewall ...
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The role of Machine Learning In Cybersecurity Defense [closed]
Hackers and malware are one step ahead of cybersecurity experts, and every time technology is released to the market, vulnerabilities will be quickly discovered and exploited.
How effective can ...
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Root CA or Intermediate CA in firewall trust store
I am implementing a PKI for a test environment and have everything just about configured. The architecture consists of a Root CA, two issuing (intermediate CAs), and clients. Client certificates and ...
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Network provider blocking URL, even though connection made to IP
I came across an interesting case today, which with my limited knowledge I'm unable to understand the working of.
I was trying to access a bit.ly link, but it is blocked by my University.
Knowing ...
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Telling the difference between firewall block or external problem with Page Cannot be Displayed (IE) [closed]
In our organization, when users run up against the firewall in Internet Explorer, this is what they see:
The classic IE "Page Cannot Be Displayed".
Of course, this is also what you see when it's ...
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Are parts of my system susceptible to IP based malicious attack even with effective IPtables rules?
Yesterday I installed Cent OS 6 and had to flush the default IPtables rules (IPtables -F) in order to access a web app via my browser.
Having very little experience with Linux/Network security this ...
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Differentiating between IKEv2 and OpenVPN Traffic
There is a WiFi network that I regularly use, and it seems to be blocking all VPN traffic other than IKEv2. I tested this by downloading many of the free/freemium VPN apps from the Google Play Store ...
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Would it be possible for a malicious user to change the LAN IP address of an uncompromised device?
I have a local network and an IPCam (with its own storage) in it. Due to some practical limitations, I cannot use technologies such as AP isolation or VLAN to isolate low-integrity and high-integrity ...
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Could an attacker spoof a whitelisted IP to access the network?
There is a network that is protected with a firewall and only one IP is whitelisted.
Assuming the attacker knows the whitelisted IP, what would prevent an attacker from sending traffic via a spoofed ...
