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7008ABR – Manual
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Intrusion Detection
The Intrusion Detection feature of the Barricade limits the access of the incoming traffic from
the WAN port. When the SPI feature is turned on, all the incoming packets will be blocked
unless certain types of traffic types are checked by the users. When the user checks certain
types of traffic, only the particular type of traffic initiated from the Internal LAN will be
allowed. For example, if the user only checks “FTP service” from the Stateful Packet
Inspection page, all the incoming traffic will be blocked except the FTP connection initiated
from the local LAN.
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Stateful Packet Inspection
This option allows you to select different application types that are using dynamic
port numbers. If you need to use the Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI) for blocking
packets, click on the “Yes” radio button in the “Enable SPI and Anti-DoS firewall
protection” field and then check the inspection type that you need, such as Packet
Fragmentation, TCP Connection, UDP Session, FTP Service, H.323 Service and TFTP
Service.
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Hacker Prevention Feature
The Barricade firewall inspects packets at the application layer, and maintains TCP
and UDP session information, including timeouts and number of active sessions,
provides the ability to detect and prevent certain types of network attacks such as
DoS attacks. Network attacks that deny access to a network device are called denial-
of-service (DoS) attacks. Denials of Service (DoS) attacks are aimed at devices and
networks with a connection to the Internet. Their goal is not to steal information, but
to disable a device or network so users no longer have access to the network
resource.
By using the above inspected information and timeout/threshold criteria, the
Barricade provides the following DoS attack preventions: Ping of Death (Ping flood)
attack, SYN flood attack, IP fragment attack (Teardrop Attack), Brute-force attack,
Land Attack, IP Spoofing attack, IP with zero length, TCP null scan (Port Scan
Attack), UDP port loopback, Snork Attack etc.
NOTE
: The firewall does not significantly affect system performance, so we advise
enabling the prevention features to protect your network users.