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P-660HN-Tx(A) v2 User’s Guide
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Firewall
14.1 Overview
This chapter shows you how to enable the ADSL Router firewall. Use the firewall to protect your
ADSL Router and network from attacks by hackers on the Internet and control access to it. The
firewall:
ADSL Router and network from attacks by hackers on the Internet and control access to it. The
firewall:
• allows traffic that originates from your LAN computers to go to all other networks.
• blocks traffic that originates on other networks from going to the LAN.
• blocks SYN and port scanner attacks.
• blocks traffic that originates on other networks from going to the LAN.
• blocks SYN and port scanner attacks.
By default, the ADSL Router blocks DDOS, LAND and Ping of Death attacks whether the firewall is
enabled or disabled.
enabled or disabled.
The following figure illustrates the firewall action. User A can initiate an IM (Instant Messaging)
session from the LAN to the WAN (1). Return traffic for this session is also allowed (2). However
other traffic initiated from the WAN is blocked (3 and 4).
session from the LAN to the WAN (1). Return traffic for this session is also allowed (2). However
other traffic initiated from the WAN is blocked (3 and 4).
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Default Firewall Action
14.1.1 What You Can Do in the Firewall Screens
• Use the General screen (
) to select the firewall protection level on the
ADSL Router.
• Use the Default Action screen (
) to set the default action that the
firewall takes on packets that do not match any of the firewall rules.
• Use the Rules screen (
) to view the configured firewall rules and add,
edit or remove a firewall rule.
• Use the Dos screen (
) to set the thresholds that the ADSL Router uses
to determine when to start dropping sessions that do not become fully established (half-open
sessions).
sessions).
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