CHAPTER 12 DEVICE ADMINISTRATION
Field
Description
Per Minute
Allowed number of new connections per minute until
burst points are consumed. For example, if 60 new
connections are received in a minute, decrement one
burst point. If no more burst points, drop the packet.
Burst
Number of burst points. A "burst" occurs when the "Per
Minute" limit is reached. On a period where the "Per
Minute" limit is not reached, one burst point is
regained, up to the maximum.
Ping Limit:
This engages a set of rules at the firewall that aims to prevent Ping Flood attacks by limiting the number of ICMP
requests to the router. This does not apply if ICMP is disabled.
Field
Description
Enabled
Enables the Ping Limit feature.
Per Minute
Allowed number of pings per second before burst
points are consumed. Once burst points run out, ICMP
packets will be dropped.
Burst
Number of burst points. On a period where the "Per
Second" limit is not reached, one burst point is
regained, up to this manimum.
Brute Force Protection:
This feature tracks login attempts at the RESTFUL API level. Its purpose is to prevent Dictionary attacks that
attempt to brute force the user's password.
Field
Description
Enabled
Enables the Brute Force Prevention feature.
Attempts
The number of failed attempts allowed before the
user's account is locked out.
Lockout Minutes
The number of minutes an account is locked out before
a new login attempt will be accepted.
Configuring IP defense
You can configure your router to slow malicious actions against it.
Denial of service (DOS) attack
To mitigate the effects of a denial of service attack:
1.
Check
Enabled
.
2.
In the
Per Minute
field, type the average number of pings per minute.
3.
In the
Burst
field, type the allowed burst for traffic spikes.
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