Configuring the integrated firewall
You can add basic stateful firewall functionality when FortiWeb is in Reverse Proxy, True Transparent Proxy, and Transparent Inspection modes. The firewall monitors TCP, UDP, and ICMP traffic and determines which packets to allow. For details, see To configure the stateful firewall.
You can also configure firewall SNAT policies that translate a matching source IP address to a single IP address or an IP address in an address pool. Firewall SNAT policies are available in Reverse Proxy, True Transparent Proxy, and Transparent Inspection operating modes. FortiWeb supports modifying the firewall configurations even if the license is expired. For details, see To configure a firewall SNAT policy.
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By default, the value of the system firewall policy Default Action setting is Accept. This allows any traffic that does not match a firewall policy rule to access the FortiWeb network interfaces. When the firewall policy Default Action setting is Deny and the policy has no rules, FortiWeb only allows administrative access to ports. For example, the firewall prevents requests that do no match a rule from reaching virtual servers. FortiWeb by default allows the connections from itself to the DNS server, even though the Default Action is Deny. |
To configure the stateful firewall
- Go to System > Firewall and select the Firewall Address tab.
- Click Create New.
- Configure these settings:
- Click OK.
- Add any additional firewall addresses you require.
- Go to System > Firewall and select the Firewall Service tab.
- Click Create New.
- Configure these settings:
Name Enter a name that identifies the firewall service. Protocol Select the protocol that this firewall service inspects: TCP, UDP, or ICMP.
Minimum Source Port Select the start port in the range of source ports for this firewall service.
The default value is0.
Not available if Protocol is IMCP.Maximum Source Port Select the end port in the range of source ports for this firewall service.
The default value is65535.
Not available if Protocol is IMCP.Minimum Destination Port Select the start port in the range of destination ports for this firewall service.
The default value is0.
Not available if Protocol is IMCP.Maximum Destination Port Select the end port in the range of destination ports for this firewall service.
The default value is65535.
Not available if Protocol is IMCP. - Add any additional firewall services you require.
- Go to System > Firewall and select the Firewall Policy tab.
To access this part of the web UI, your administrator's account access profile must have Read and Write permission to items in the System Configuration category. For details, see Permissions.
- For Default Action, select one of the following:
- Deny—Firewall blocks traffic that does not match a policy rule. However, administrative access is still allowed on network interfaces for which it has been configured.
- Accept—Firewall allows traffic that does not match a policy rule.
- To add a policy rule, click Create New.
- Configure these settings:
V-zone Enable Select to enable a V-zone (bridge). If this option is enabled, select a V-zone below. V-zones allow network connections to travel through FortiWeb's physical network ports without explicitly connecting to one of its IP addresses.
This option is available only when the operation mode is True Transparent Proxy or Transparent Inspection mode.
V-zone Select a configured V-zone. For details, see Configuring a bridge (V-zone) Ingress Interface Specify incoming traffic that this rule applies to by selecting a network interface. Egress Interface Specify outgoing traffic that this rule applies to by selecting a network interface.
Source Specify the source address of traffic that this rule applies to by selecting an address from the firewall addresses you configured earlier under System > Firewall > Firewall Address.
Destination Specify the destination address of traffic that this rules applies to by selecting an address from the firewall addresses you configured earlier under System > Firewall > Firewall Address. Service Select the protocol and port range that this rule applies to by selecting a firewall service configuration under System > Firewall > Firewall Service.
Action Select the action FortiWeb takes for traffic that matches this rule:
- Deny—Firewall blocks matching traffic. Administrative access is still allowed on network interfaces for which it has been configured.
- Accept—Firewall allows matching traffic.
- Click OK.
- Add any additional rules that you require, and then click Apply.
To access this part of the web UI, your administrator's account access profile must have Read and Write permission to items in the System Configurationcategory. For details, see Permissions.
To access this part of the web UI, your administrator's account access profile must have Read and Write permission to items in the System Configuration category. For details, see Permissions.
To configure a firewall SNAT policy
- Go to System > Firewall and select the Firewall SNAT Policy tab.
To access this part of the web UI, your administrator's account access profile must have Read and Write permission to items in the System Configuration category. For details, see Permissions.
- Click Create New.
- Configure these settings:
Name
Enter a name that identifies the firewall SNAT policy. Don't use spaces or special characters. The maximum length is 63 characters.
Enter the IP address and subnet mask to match the source IP address in the packet header that you want to translate. An example Source is
192.0.2.0/24. The IP address must be an IPv4 address.Destination
Enter the IP address and subnet mask to match the destination IP address in the packet header. An example Destination is
192.0.2.1/24. The IP address must be an IPv4 address.Egress interface
Select the interface that FortiWeb will use to forward traffic that matches the Source.
Select one of the following:
IP Address—Select to translate the Source to an IP address that you specify. To specify an IP address, configure Translation to IP Address.Pool—Select to translate the Source to the next available IP address in an IP address pool that you specify. To specify an IP address pool, configure both Pool Address Range and To.
Enter the IP address that you want to translate the Source to. An example IP address is
192.0.2.2. The IP address must be an IPv4 address.This option is available only when the Translation Type is set to
IP Address.Enter the first IP address in the SNAT pool. An example IP address is
192.0.2.3. The IP address must be an IPv4 address.This option is available only when the Translation Type is set to
Pool.Enter the last IP address in the SNAT pool. An example IP address is
192.0.2.4. The IP address must be an IPv4 address.This option is available only when the Translation Type is set to
Pool. - Click OK.
- FortiWeb applies a firewall SNAT policy only if IP forwarding is enabled. To check whether IP forwarding is enabled, enter this command in the CLI:
get router setting
If ip-forward is set to enable, IP forwarding is enabled, and FortiWeb is applying the firewall SNAT policy.
If ip-forward is set to disable, IP forwarding isn't enabled, and FortiWeb isn't applying the firewall SNAT policy. To enable IP forwarding, enter these commands in the CLI:
config router setting
set ip-forward enable
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For details about these CLI commands, see the FortiWeb CLI Reference: