Motorola WiNG 5.4.2, System Reference Manual

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Figure 8-1 Wireless Firewall screen - Denial of Service tab
A denial of service (DoS) attack is an attempt to make a computer or network resource unavailable to its intended users.
Although the means to carry out a DoS attack will vary, it generally consists of a concerted effort of one or more persons
attempting to prevent a device, site or service from functioning temporarily or indefinitely.
Most DoS attacks involve saturating the target device with external communications requests so it cannot respond to
legitimate traffic or respond so slowly the device becomes unavailable in respect to its defined data rate. DoS attacks are
implemented by either forcing targeted devices to reset or consuming the devices resources so it can no longer provide
service.
4. Select the Activate Firewall Policy option on the upper left-hand side of the screen to enable the screen’s parameters
for configuration. Ensure this option stays selected to apply the configuration to the access point profile.
The Settings field lists all of the DoS attacks the Firewall has filters for. Each DoS filter contains the following four items:
Event Lists the name of each DoS attack.
Enable Select Enable to set the Firewall to filter the associated DoS attack based on the selection
in the Action column.