WHAT ARE THE 4 DEFAULT FIREWALL RULES

Symptoms:

• What are the 4 Default Firewall rules

  • Any Factory Firewall rules
    * Any Firewall rules for basic services
    

  Facts:

  • Default Firewall rules
    *X Family
    *X5
    *X506
    

  Causes: The X Family firewalls have 4 default firewall rules, those rules are there to facilitate basic services.

  Fixes: Here follows the 4 Default Firewall rules (by order in which they are processed by the Firewall):

1. Rule 1 (Allow LAN unrestricted access to WAN):

• Action: Permit
• Source Zone: LAN
• Dest Zone: WAN
• Service: ANY

2. Rule 2 (Allow VPN Termination):

• Action: Permit
• Source Zone: WAN
• Dest Zone: this-device
• Service: vpn-protocols

3. Rule 3 (Allow Management access from LAN):

• Action: Permit
• Source Zone: LAN
• Dest Zone: this-device
• Service: management

  4. Rule 4 (Allow DNS and DHCP from LAN):

• Action: Permit
• Source Zone: LAN
• Dest Zone: this-device
• Service: network-protocols

• Product(s): X Family

  • Sub Product(s): X5, X506
    

  — David Gonzalez 2021/04/07 15:26