HomePortal 3801HGV Gateway User Guide | Configuring Firewall Settings |
Steps
1.Navigate to Settings > Firewall > Advanced Configuration. The Advanced Configuration page to configure Attack Detection appears.
2.Clear the Excessive Session Detection check box.
When disabled, the firewall does not detect applications on the local network that are creating excessive sessions to the Internet. This activity is due to a virus infected computer and on detection, the gateway displays a HURL warning page.
3.Clear the TCP/UDP Port Scan check box.
When disabled, the firewall does not detect UDP and TCP port scans, and communicates the port scan packets to the computer.
A port scan is a series of messages sent by an external entity attempting to break into a computer to learn which computer network services associated with UDP and TCP ports are provided by the computer.
4.Clear the Invalid Source/Destination IP address check box.
When disabled, the firewall does not verify IP addresses for: Broadcast or multicast IP addresses, TCP destination IP address is not unicast, IP source and destination address are the same, Invalid IP source received from private/home network.
5.Clear the Packet Flood (SYN/UDP/ICMP/Other) check box.
When disabled, the firewall does not check for SYN, UDP, ICMP, and other types of packet floods on the local and Internet facing interfaces.
6.Clear the Invalid TCP Flag Attacks (NULL/XMAS/Other) check box.
When disabled, the firewall does not scan inbound and outbound packets for invalid TCP Flag settings, and communicates the packet that could result in NULL/XMAS/Other type of attacks.
7.Clear the Invalid ICMP Detection check box.
When disabled, the firewall does not check for invalid ICMP/code types, and communicates the associated packets to the computer.
8.Clear the Miscellaneous check box.
When disabled, the firewall does not scan any other type of inbound and outbound packets, other than the ones listed in the Attack Detection section.
9.Click Save. The ports listed in the Attack Detection section are disabled.
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