SOCaaP

Manage Custom Firewall Rules

• Select a website from the drop-down at top-left

• Choose 'Firewall'

• The firewall page lets you construct custom rules to block or allow specific types of traffic

• You can create custom rules for individual IPs, IP ranges, countries, organizations, and more

• Each rule can have multiple conditions. For example, you can configure a rule to block traffic from a specific IP in a certain country

Note - The firewall prioritizes rules by action type. It does not use a 'ladder' system whereby rules are prioritized by their position in the list. Priority is as follows:

  1. Allowallow , block ,

  2. Block

… so in the event of a conflict, 'Allow' rules overrule 'Block' rules

Please use the following links for more help:

 

Open the rules interface

Add a new firewall rule

Edit a firewall rule

Remove a firewall rule

Open rules interface

• Open theSOCaaP Web Protection dashboard

• Select the target website from the menu at top-left

• Click 'Firewall' then the 'Rules' tab

• Type - The traffic category targeted by the rule. For example IP, IP range, URL, country

• Details - The targeted item in the category. For example, if the type is 'Country', this column shows the two letter country code of the target country.

• Action - The process the firewall will execute on the target if the rule’s conditions are met. Possible values are ‘allow’ or ‘block’.

Please use the following links to find out more:

• Add a new firewall rule

• Edit a rule

• Remove a rule

Add a new firewall rule

• Select the target website from the menu at top-left

• Click 'Firewall' then the ‘Rules’ tab

• Click 'Add New Rule' at top-right

 

'IF' condition - Choose the source of the traffic:

• IP - Enter specific IP address(es). For example, 192.168.2.1,192.168.2.2

• IP Range - Enter start and end IP addresses of the IP range to be covered in the 'From' and 'To 'fields

• URL - Enter the name of the domain to which you want the rule to apply.

• The rule will apply to traffic from all domain names which partially match the value entered here.

• Select 'Exact Match' to apply the rule to only the domain you specify.

• Header - The HTTP header field.

• HTTP Method - Options are: Post, Get, Head, Put, Delete, Patch and Options.

• Country - Select a country from the drop-down

Add Condition - Create another criteria for the action. Conditions are always 'And', so all conditions must be satisfied before the selected action is implemented.

Action - Choose how traffic requests for the target should be dealt with. The available options are:

• Allow - All traffic from the source is permitted. This includes legitimate traffic, bots etc.

• Block - No traffic is allowed from the selected source. An error message is shown to users.

• Click 'Save' to add the new rule.

Edit a firewall rule

• Select the target website from the menu at top-left

• Click the 'Firewall' tab
  

Or click the hamburger button and select 'Firewall' 

• Click the  icon beside the rule to be edited

• The 'Edit Rule' dialog is similar to the 'Add Rule' dialog

• See the explanation above for the description of parameters

• Edit the parameters and conditions and click Save for the changes to take effect

Remove a firewall rule

Custom firewall rules that are no longer needed can be removed from the website.

• Select the target website from the menu at top-left

• Click the 'Firewall' tab
  

• Or click the hamburger button and select 'Firewall' 

• Click the  icon beside the rule to be removed

• Click 'Delete Rule' to confirm