3.34. DoSProtection

Description

DoS Protection protects servers behind the firewall from Denial of Service attacks. Detected DoS sources are automatically blacklisted for efficient blocking. Specific hosts can be excluded from DoS protection using the Whitelist. DoS Protection can also block traffic from configured geographical regions.

Properties

EnableRegionBlacklist
Enables filtering by regions. (Default: No)
Regions
Specifies matching regions for this filter. (Optional)
EnableDoSBlacklist
DoS Protection looks up source IP addresses in the IP reputation database and adds malicious sources to the Blacklist. (Default: No)
Interfaces
Interfaces to protect from attacks. Normally the interfaces towards the Internet. (Optional)
Attribute
Special Attribute of the current object. (Optional)
LogEnabled
Enable logging. (Default: Yes)
LogSeverity
Specifies with what severity log events will be sent to the specified log receivers. (Default: Default)
Comments
Text describing the current object. (Optional)
[Note] Note
This object type does not have an identifier and is identified by the name of the type only. There can only be one instance of this type.