make sure you add a stealth rule for the box itself

At 03:18 PM 2/26/2002 -0400, Fredy Santana wrote:
>Well, some time ago I did a little research about that. These are some
>guidelines:
>
>General recomendations:
>
>1.- Keep your firewall updated
>2.- Secure all the machines involved (magement module, firewall module,
>etc)
>3.- You must have backup and recovery  procedures
>4.- Mantain a logging policy for post analisis
>5.- Change the admin password periodically
>
>
>Configuration recommentadions:
>
>1.- Set the IP Spoofing, maybe you'll need study the situation, 'cause the
>network could be complex
>
>2.- Set the SYN Defender
>3.- In the top of the rulebase you must add the rule:
>
>any -- firewal-1 drop
>
>In order to hide the firewall
>
>If you're using VPN or user authentication or whathever service that needs
>communication with the fw module you must place this rule below of them.
>
>I hope this could help you.
>
>
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> >Hi All,
> >
> >I have FW-1 on Nokia.
> >I have implemented VRRP as part of the fw-1/Nokia failover solution, and
> >therefore have both "real" and "virual" addresses for my interfaces.
> >I have closed the firewall as best as I am allowed (I need to let some
> >remote systems "ping"), but still the "real" IP address of each interface
> >is being shown in traceroutes !!     What have I missed ? - how do I make
> >my fw-1 totally anonymous ?
> >
> >Just in case I missed anything else, what are the general guidelines for
> >securing the fw-1 ??
> >I have all my management activity limited to a completely separate,
> >secured
> >lan and I only have specific rules (ie. the only "any" destinations I have
> >are either for port 80 or for "drop" actions). I have anti-spoofing set as
> >recommended, but i do not have SYNdefender active as yet.
> >Anything else ? .............................
> >
> >Cheers, Gordon
> >
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>
>Saludos
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