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Fortigate 7.4.5 not blocking incoming management access attempts
Fortigate v7.4.5 build2702 (Mature)
I am trying to block large subnets that are trying to access the management interface of our firewall. Almost just like this page here: https://community.fortinet.com/t5/FortiGate/Technical-Tip-Configuring-FortiGate-Firewall-Policy-to-b...
I've created an address subnet object then created the following firewall policy:
Name: Deny X.0.0.0
Incoming Interface: Any
Outgoing Interface: Any
Source: X.0.0.0-Net
Destination: All
Schedule: always
Service: All
Action: Deny
Log Violation
Enable Policy
Despite this I continue to see connection attempts being made. All of them either end in client-rst or server-rst. What am I missing? Or is there something else i need to do?
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create local in policy : https://docs.fortinet.com/document/fortigate/7.6.0/administration-guide/363127/local-in-policy
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Thanks, I will check that out. Why does the firewall policy not block that incoming traffic?
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It is important to know the difference between a firewall policy and a local-in policy. While firewall policies control traffic flowing through the FortiGate, local-in policies control inbound traffic that is going to a FortiGate interface.
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Thanks again. This is a different way of doing things than other firewalls that I am familiar with.
Back to the matter at hand. Since we're using Fortigate OS 7.4.5 I have to use the CLI to add this policy. Problem is that it doesn't take the policy. I don't get any errors but when I go to list the policies either through the CLI or the web interface, the new policy isn't there. What am I missing?
I created geographical regions in the addresses area for China, India, and Russia.
config firewall local-in-policy
edit 11
set intf any
set srcaddr China India Russia
set dstaddr all
set service ALL
set schedule always
set action deny
next
end
EDIT: Ok I take that back sort of. The GUI still does not show the new policy but when input the proper command in the CLI I see the new policy. However the CLI ONLY shows the new policy, and none of the ones that the GUI shows.
EDIT2: It's definitely working as now there's a ton of traffic from those locations that's being denied according to the logs.
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on earlier versions, we can only see local in policy from the CLI.
The GUI support for local-in policy is supported on 7.6.0 firmware version
Please refer this link for more information: https://docs.fortinet.com/document/fortigate/7.6.0/new-features/308650/gui-support-for-local-in-poli...
