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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

3com/tippingpoint/x506/general_configuration/the_4_default_firewall_rules.txt · Last modified: 2021/04/07 15:33 by dgonzalez

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