Features; Firewall - D-Link DSL-X3052E User Manual

Section 4 - Configuration
The router's firewall protects your network from malicious attacks over the
Internet. To access this page, go to Features > Firewall.

Firewall

Enable DOS Denial of Service (DoS) and Port Scan protection prevents attacks
and Portscan
utilizing spoofed packets to crash services of the target device or port
Protection: scanning techniques to find potential vulnerabilities on a network as
the following described.
SYN/TCP Reset TCP reset breaks the three-way TCP connection between two parties
Attack:
by sending a spoofed RST packet.
SYN/RST Attack: SYN/RST attack sends continuous SYN packets to a targeted network
device, causing the device to spawn a half-open connection by
sending back a TCP SYN-ACK packet (Acknowledge) and waiting for
a packet in response from the sender address (response to the ACK
packet).
SYN/FIN Attack:
This type of Denial of Service attacks a targeted device by continuously
sending illegitimate SYN-FIN packets.
The Ping of Death attack aims to disrupt a targeted network
Ping/Ping of
device by sending abnormally large packets.
Death Attack:
FIN/URG/PSH A URG-ACK-PSH-FIN flood attack brings down a device by sending
Attack: illegitimate URG-ACK-PSH-FIN packets.
Xmas Attack:
Christmas tree attack sends crafted TCP packet to obtain information
about the target system.
Null Scanning
In Null Scanning attack, a packet without any flags of the TCP header
Attack:
tries to exploit a system.
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