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FireBrick TEST User Manual

This User Manual documents Software version V1.24.028

Copyright © 2012-2013 FireBrick Ltd.

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Table of Contents

Preface
1. Introduction
1.1. The FB2700
1.1.1. Where do I start?
1.1.2. What can it do?
1.1.3. Ethernet port capabilities
1.1.4. Differences between the devices in the FB2x00 series
1.1.5. Software features
1.1.6. Migration from previous FireBrick models
1.2. About this Manual
1.2.1. Version
1.2.2. Intended audience
1.2.3. Technical details
1.2.4. Document style
1.2.5. Document conventions
1.2.6. Comments and feedback
1.3. Additional Resources
1.3.1. Technical Support
1.3.2. IRC Channel
1.3.3. Application Notes
1.3.4. White Papers
1.3.5. Training Courses
2. Getting Started
2.1. IP addressing
2.2. Accessing the web-based user interface
2.2.1. Add a new user
3. Configuration
3.1. The Object Hierarchy
3.2. The Object Model
3.2.1. Formal definition of the object model
3.2.2. Common attributes
3.3. Configuration Methods
3.4. Web User Interface Overview
3.4.1. User Interface layout
3.4.1.1. Customising the layout
3.4.2. Config pages and the object hierarchy
3.4.2.1. Configuration categories
3.4.2.2. Object settings
3.4.3. Navigating around the User Interface
3.4.4. Backing up / restoring the configuration
3.5. Configuration using XML
3.5.1. Introduction to XML
3.5.2. The root element - <config>
3.5.3. Viewing or editing XML
3.5.4. Example XML configuration
3.6. Downloading/Uploading the configuration
3.6.1. Download
3.6.2. Upload
4. System Administration
4.1. User Management
4.1.1. Login level
4.1.2. Configuration access level
4.1.3. Login idle timeout
4.1.4. Restricting user logins
4.1.4.1. Restrict by IP address
4.1.4.2. Restrict by profile
4.2. General System settings
4.2.1. System name (hostname)
4.2.2. Administrative details
4.2.3. System-level event logging control
4.2.4. Home page web links
4.3. Software Upgrades
4.3.1. Software release types
4.3.1.1. Breakpoint releases
4.3.2. Identifying current software version
4.3.3. Internet-based upgrade process
4.3.3.1. Manually initiating upgrades
4.3.3.2. Controlling automatic software updates
4.3.4. Manual upgrade
4.4. Boot Process
4.4.1. LED indications
4.4.1.1. Power LED status indications
4.4.1.2. Port LEDs
5. Event Logging
5.1. Overview
5.1.1. Log targets
5.1.1.1. Logging to Flash memory
5.1.1.2. Logging to the Console
5.2. Enabling logging
5.3. Logging to external destinations
5.3.1. Syslog
5.3.2. Email
5.3.2.1. E-mail process logging
5.4. Factory reset configuration log targets
5.5. Performance
5.6. Viewing logs
5.6.1. Viewing logs in the User Interface
5.6.2. Viewing logs in the CLI environment
5.7. System-event logging
5.8. Using Profiles
6. Interfaces and Subnets
6.1. Relationship between Interfaces and Physical Ports
6.1.1. Port groups
6.1.2. Interfaces
6.2. Defining port groups
6.3. Defining an interface
6.3.1. Defining subnets
6.3.1.1. Using DHCP to configure a subnet
6.3.2. Setting up DHCP server parameters
6.3.2.1. Fixed/Static DHCP allocations
6.3.2.2. Partial-MAC-address based allocations
6.4. Physical port settings
6.4.1. Disabling auto-negotiation
6.4.2. Setting port speed
6.4.3. Setting duplex mode
6.4.4. Defining port LED functions
7. Session Handling
7.1. Routing vs. Firewalling
7.2. Session Tracking
7.2.1. Session termination
7.3. Session Rules
7.3.1. Overview
7.3.2. Processing flow
7.3.3. Defining Rule-Sets and Rules
7.3.3.1. Recommended method of implementing firewalling
7.3.3.2. Changes to session traffic
7.3.3.3. Graphing and traffic shaping
7.3.3.4. Configuring session time-outs
8. Routing
8.1. Routing logic
8.2. Routing targets
8.2.1. Subnet routes
8.2.2. Routing to an IP address (gateway route)
8.2.3. Special targets
8.3. Dynamic route creation / deletion
8.4. Routing tables
8.5. Route overrides
9. Profiles
9.1. Overview
9.2. Creating/editing profiles
9.2.1. Timing control
9.2.2. Tests
9.2.2.1. General tests
9.2.2.2. Time/date tests
9.2.2.3. Ping tests
9.2.3. Inverting overall test result
9.2.4. Manual override
10. Traffic Shaping
10.1. Graphs and Shapers
10.1.1. Graphs
10.1.2. Shapers
11. PPPoE
11.1. Types of DSL line and router in the United Kingdom
11.2. Definining PPPoE links
11.2.1. IPv6
11.2.2. Additional options
11.2.2.1. MTU and TCP fix
11.2.2.2. Service and ac-name
11.2.2.3. Logging
11.2.2.4. Speed and graphs
12. Tunnels
12.1. FB105 tunnels
12.1.1. Tunnel wrapper packets
12.1.2. Setting up a tunnel
12.1.3. Viewing tunnel status
12.1.4. Dynamic routes
12.1.5. Tunnel bonding
12.1.6. Tunnels and NAT
12.1.6.1. FB2700 doing NAT
12.1.6.2. Another device doing NAT
13. System Services
13.1. HTTP Server configuration
13.1.1. Access control
13.1.1.1. Trusted addresses
13.2. Telnet Server configuration
13.2.1. Access control
13.3. DNS configuration
13.4. NTP configuration
13.5. SNMP configuration
14. Network Diagnostic Tools
14.1. Firewalling check
14.2. Access check
14.3. Packet Dumping
14.3.1. Dump parameters
14.3.2. Security settings required
14.3.3. IP address matching
14.3.4. Packet types
14.3.5. Snaplen specification
14.3.6. Using the web interface
14.3.7. Using an HTTP client
14.3.7.1. Example using curl and tcpdump
15. VRRP
15.1. Virtual Routers
15.2. Configuring VRRP
15.2.1. Advertisement Interval
15.2.2. Priority
15.3. Using a virtual router
15.4. VRRP versions
15.4.1. VRRP version 2
15.4.2. VRRP version 3
15.5. Compatibility
16. VoIP
17. BGP
18. L2TP
19. Command Line Interface
A. Command line reference
B. Factory Reset Procedure
C. CIDR and CIDR Notation
D. MAC Addresses usage
E. VLANs : A primer
F. Supported L2TP Attribute/Value Pairs
G. Supported RADIUS Attribute/Value Pairs for L2TP operation
H. Supported RADIUS Attribute/Value Pairs for VoIP operation
Index

List of Figures

2.1. Initial web page in factory reset state
2.2. Initial "Users" page
2.3. Setting up a new user
2.4. Configuration being stored
3.1. Main menu
3.2. Icons for layout controls
3.3. Icons for configuration categories
3.4. The "Setup" category
3.5. Editing an "Interface" object
3.6. Show hidden attributes
3.7. Attribute definitions
3.8. Navigation controls
4.1. Setting up a new user
4.2. Software upgrade available notification
4.3. Manual Software upload
7.1. Example sessions created by drop and reject actions
7.2. Processing flow chart for rule-sets and session-rules
D.1. Product label showing MAC address range

List of Tables

2.1. IP addresses for computer
2.2. IP addresses to access the FireBrick
2.3. IP addresses to access the FireBrick
3.1. Special character sequences
4.1. User login levels
4.2. Configuration access levels
4.3. General administrative details attributes
4.4. Attributes controlling auto-upgrades
4.5. Power LED status indications
5.1. Logging attributes
5.2. System-Event Logging attributes
6.1. Physical port usage options
6.2. Port LED functions
6.3. Example modified Port LED functions
7.1. Action attribute values
8.1. Route targets
13.1. List of system services
14.1. Packet dump parameters
14.2. Packet types that can be captured
D.1. DHCP client names used
F.1. SCCRQ
F.2. SCCRP
F.3. SCCCN
F.4. StopCCN
F.5. HELLO
F.6. ICRQ
F.7. ICRP
F.8. ICCN
F.9. OCRQ
F.10. OCRP
F.11. OCCN
F.12. CDN
F.13. WEN
F.14. SLI
G.1. Access-request
G.2. Access-Accept
G.3. Access-Reject
G.4. Accounting-Start
G.5. Accounting-Interim
G.6. Accounting-Stop
G.7. Disconnect
G.8. Change-of-Authorisation
G.9. Filter-ID
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