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DwayneMcVittie's avatar
Aug 29, 2015
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Restrictive Firewall settings on R8000

Apologies if this is already answered somewhere else.   I want to apply the most restrictive firewall settings (just open up HTTP and HTTPS) and nothing else but I can't seem to find a way to do th...
  • TheEther's avatar
    Aug 29, 2015

    Why do you want to do this?  Blocking everything but http and https is probably a really bad idea.  Many websites and services will probably stop working because they will use other ports.  Streaming services, like Netflix, Youtube or even IPTV may break.  If you read email with a desktop application, like Outlook or Thunderbird, then they will stop working.  If you are determined to do this, then read on.

     

    You can easily block entire ranges of ports using the Block Services feature on your R8000.

    Block Services

    If you truly wanted to allow only http (port 80) and https (port 443), then you would need to block 3 ranges: 1-79, 81-442 and 444-65534.  Good luck!