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- From: lars@spectrum.CMC.COM (Lars Poulsen)
- Subject: Re: CMC Rockwell Nethopper Packet Filtering?
- Message-Id: <1993Jun12.065234.4235@spectrum.CMC.COM>
- Organization: CMC Network Systems (Rockwell DCD), Santa Barbara, CA, USA
- References: <9306110011.AA05001@norman.li.Cubic.COM>
- Date: Sat, 12 Jun 93 06:52:34 GMT
-
- In article <9306110011.AA05001@norman.li.Cubic.COM> mischler@Cubic.COM (Dave Mischler) writes:
- >Could someone familiar with the Nethopper describe its packet filtering
- >in detail? Can it log denied and/or permitted packet information?
-
- Hello Dave,
-
- I am one of the NetHopper developers. The NetHopper's IP filters allow
- you to specify any or all of:
- source IP address
- source port
- destination IP address
- destination port
- IP protocol
- interface
- direction (in or out)
- type (allow/deny/allow-but-don't-dial-for-this)
-
- Each filter is named, and entries can be added before or after a
- previously specified filter. Evaluation of each packet continues
- until it hits a filter and is allowed or denied, or until the end
- of the list, where there is an implied
- source any dest any protocol any allow.
-
- (I.e. the default is to allow unknown, but it is trivial to change this
- to deny anything unknown.)
-
- For each filter, it is settable whether a denied packet returns an ICMP
- error.
-
- We do not currently trigger SYSLOG messages for denied packets (we were
- concerned about this turning into a denial-of-service), but we do maintain
- a count of hits in each filter. The filters are accessible as an
- enterprise MIB group under SNMP.
-
- The main things that we *don't* do that have been mentioned by others
- here on the list are:
- - no logging of denied packets (see above)
- - no RANGE of port numbers
- - no ESTABLISHED keyword (we don't interpret TCP protocol)
- - no arbitrary offset/mask/pattern
-
- The NetHopper is currently positioned as a low-cost way to interconnect
- remote IP LANs to the backbone over dial-up V.32bis lines. Our customers
- have found the security features adequate for this environment.
-
- I don't think it would surprise anyone, if we came out with a
- leased-56kbps line version of the unit, and we feel that these filters
- would be adequate to protect the average small to medium sized site
- (25-500 nodes) from the "reaonably believable threat".
-
- If and when we implement IPX routing, we plan to include similar
- filtering capability for IPX routing and SAP advertizements.
-
- I will be happy to answer additional questions from this list.
- --
- / Lars Poulsen, SMTS Software Engineer Internet E-mail: lars@CMC.COM
- CMC Network Products / Rockwell Int'l Telephone: +1-805-968-4262
- Santa Barbara, CA 93117-3083 TeleFAX: +1-805-968-8256
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