What You Need To Know - ZyXEL Communications ZyWALL USG 50 User Manual

Chapter 22 Firewall

22.1.2 What You Need to Know

Stateful Inspection
The ZyWALL has a stateful inspection firewall. The ZyWALL restricts access by
screening data packets against defined access rules. It also inspects sessions. For
example, traffic from one zone is not allowed unless it is initiated by a computer in
another zone first.
Zones
A zone is a group of interfaces or VPN tunnels. Group the ZyWALL's interfaces into
different zones based on your needs. You can configure firewall rules for data
passing between zones or even between interfaces and/or VPN tunnels in a zone.
Default Firewall Behavior
Firewall rules are grouped based on t he direction of travel of packets to which they
apply. Here is the default firewall behavior for traffic going through the ZyWALL in
various directions.
Table 104 Default Firewall Behavior
FROM ZONE TO ZONE
From WAN to ZyWALL
From WAN to any (other
than the ZyWALL)
From DMZ to ZyWALL
From DMZ to any (other
than the ZyWALL)
From ANY to ANY
To-ZyWALL Rules
Rules with ZyWALL as the To Zone apply to traffic going to the ZyWALL itself. By
default:
• The firewall allows only LAN, or WAN computers to access or manage the
ZyWALL.
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BEHAVIOR
Traffic from the WAN to the ZyWALL itself is allowed for certain
default services described in
other WAN to ZyWALL traffic is dropped.
Traffic from the WAN to any of the networks behind the
ZyWALL is dropped.
Traffic from the DMZ to the ZyWALL itself is allowed for certain
default services described in
other DMZ to ZyWALL traffic is dropped.
Traffic from the DMZ to any of the networks behind the
ZyWALL is dropped.
Traffic that does not match any firewall rule is allowed. So for
example, LAN to WAN, LAN to DMZ traffic is allowed. This also
includes traffic to or from interfaces or VPN tunnels that are
not assigned to a zone (extra-zone traffic).
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