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Automatic rules and DNS

AdamJastrzebski

Hi guys.

 

Please explain me why i can't see all automatic firewall rules? Fe. enabled DNS for internal network automaticly creates rule Internal -> UTM (internal IP) for DNS. While i can see that rule in iptables there is nothing in WebAdmin->Network Protecion->Firewall.

 

Thx in advance.



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    Hi Adam,

    There are a lot of subsystems in the UTM that actually "sit ahead" of the Firewall so therefore a firewall rule will not be shown as those servers maniplulate IPTables and their listening ports directly. Some of the systems that do this are as follows:

    • Wireless Protection enabled interfaces for connections to 1.2.3.4
    • DNS on port 53
    • Web Filtering in Transparent (port 80/443) and Standard Proxy (default 8080)
    • FTP, SOCKS and Generic Proxy
    • All Remote Access and Site to Site VPNs
    • NTP
    • There are others

    So basically the firewall config is actually one of the last in line to be manipulating IPTables so therefore does not show the other subsystems configurations either by design or due to the configuration layer.

    Hope that answers your question!

    Emile

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