Re: Auditing a firewall rulebase

["Darden, Patrick S." <darden () armc org>]

Here's my two cents:

-Look for a default deny.
-Make sure all rules are performance-based, e.g. most hit rule first in line, etc. to cut down on cpu and bandwidth.

--Patrick Darden


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[mailto:firewall-wizards-bounces () listserv icsalabs com]On Behalf Of
arvind doraiswamy
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 11:19 AM
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Subject: [fw-wiz] Auditing a firewall rulebase


Hey Guys,
What parameters would you look for if you audited a large rulebase for
an enterprise firewall? These are a few I could think of. Anything
else that you guys consistently look at when managing/auditing your
firewalls? Do take note that I'm talking just singularly about the
rule-base and not other configuration information i.e: I'm not looking
at things like -- Low console session timeout OR Telnet admin
interface open etc. I'm looking at just the rulebase this time around.
Here are my parameters:

Rules which have "any" or an equivalent keyword in them
Rules where an entire subnet has been granted access to a resource
Rules where a range of IP addresses has been granted access to a resource
Rules where a large range of ports has been opened to an IP Address / Addresses
Rules where there are design issues in the protocol itself
                eg. Unencrypted traffic
Rules which are redundant and can be removed from the rulebase

Thanks
Arvind
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