Table 65 Firewall: Threshold - ZyXEL Communications P-2802H(W)(L)-I Series User Manual

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 65 Firewall: Threshold

LABEL
Denial of Service
Thresholds
One Minute Low
One Minute High
Maximum
Incomplete Low
Maximum
Incomplete High
TCP Maximum
Incomplete
Action taken when
TCP Maximum
Incomplete
reached threshold
Apply
Reset
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DESCRIPTION
The ZyXEL Device measures both the total number of existing half-open
sessions and the rate of session establishment attempts. Both TCP and UDP
half-open sessions are counted in the total number and rate measurements.
Measurements are made once a minute.
This is the rate of new half-open sessions per minute that causes the firewall to
stop deleting half-open sessions. The ZyXEL Device continues to delete half-
open sessions as necessary, until the rate of new connection attempts drops
below this number.
This is the rate of new half-open sessions per minute that causes the firewall to
start deleting half-open sessions. When the rate of new connection attempts rises
above this number, the ZyXEL Device deletes half-open sessions as required to
accommodate new connection attempts.
For example, if you set the one minute high to 100, the ZyXEL Device starts
deleting half-open sessions when more than 100 session establishment attempts
have been detected in the last minute. It stops deleting half-open sessions when
the number of session establishment attempts detected in a minute goes below
the number set as the one minute low.
This is the number of existing half-open sessions that causes the firewall to stop
deleting half-open sessions. The ZyXEL Device continues to delete half-open
requests as necessary, until the number of existing half-open sessions drops
below this number.
This is the number of existing half-open sessions that causes the firewall to start
deleting half-open sessions. When the number of existing half-open sessions
rises above this number, the ZyXEL Device deletes half-open sessions as
required to accommodate new connection requests. Do not set Maximum
Incomplete High to lower than the current Maximum Incomplete Low number.
For example, if you set the maximum incomplete high to 100, the ZyXEL Device
starts deleting half-open sessions when the number of existing half-open
sessions rises above 100. It stops deleting half-open sessions when the number
of existing half-open sessions drops below the number set as the maximum
incomplete low.
An unusually high number of half-open sessions with the same destination host
address could indicate that a DoS attack is being launched against the host.
Specify the number of existing half-open TCP sessions with the same destination
host IP address that causes the firewall to start dropping half-open sessions to
that same destination host IP address. Enter a number between 1 and 256. As a
general rule, you should choose a smaller number for a smaller network, a slower
system or limited bandwidth. The ZyXEL Device sends alerts whenever the TCP
Maximum Incomplete is exceeded.
Select the action that ZyXEL Device should take when the TCP maximum
incomplete threshold is reached. You can have the ZyXEL Device either:
Delete the oldest half open session when a new connection request comes.
or
Deny new connection requests for the number of minutes that you specify
(between 1 and 255).
Click Apply to save your changes back to the ZyXEL Device.
Click Reset to begin configuring this screen afresh.
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