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XR500 question whether or not we can block a specific IP address doing DoS attack
Hi, From time to time I get a DoS attack from a specific external IP address. My XR500 sends me a log every few minutes telling me that it's from a particular IP address. The attack can go on for...
- bevant you can only do what Liam suggested if you upgrade to the latest beta version. However, there is really no need to do this as it won't be causing any issues for you - in fact if you did block it you may find something you use on the internet stops working as those DoS entries tend to show connections you come in contact with. If the frequent entries annoy you then go to Settings > Monitoring > Logs and untick 'Known DoS attacks and Port Scans' then they will stop appearing.
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bevant you can only do what Liam suggested if you upgrade to the latest beta version. However, there is really no need to do this as it won't be causing any issues for you - in fact if you did block it you may find something you use on the internet stops working as those DoS entries tend to show connections you come in contact with. If the frequent entries annoy you then go to Settings > Monitoring > Logs and untick 'Known DoS attacks and Port Scans' then they will stop appearing.
- Yeah that’s what I ended up doing. Thanks for the suggestion anyway.