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kellogs
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Securing Mikrotik without using Firewall for fastpath

Mon Oct 05, 2015 6:49 pm

Dear Member,

How would you secure your mikrotik services such as winbox without using built in firewall so that fastpath can kick in?

This is a BGP router and you want the best performance ever.

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Re: Securing Mikrotik without using Firewall for fastpath

Mon Oct 05, 2015 8:16 pm

1.) Fast path works on forwarding packets, the services work on the input chain, so securing them via firewall should not affect fast path performance.
2.) You can dissable unwanted services running on the router, and you can also change the port they listen to to obscure thingts a bit more.
 
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Re: Securing Mikrotik without using Firewall for fastpath

Tue Oct 06, 2015 4:29 am

According to http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:Fast_Path

one of the rule it said

1. firewal rules are not configured;
 
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Re: Securing Mikrotik without using Firewall for fastpath

Tue Oct 06, 2015 7:33 am

That's for when it's automatically enabled. You can still use the firewall and NAT, just put in you're own fasttrack-connection rule.
 
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Re: Securing Mikrotik without using Firewall for fastpath

Tue Oct 06, 2015 10:29 am

The only approach I can think of is the following. Allocate one interface for management purposes only, and connect it to your trusted (protected) network. Then configure winbox, ssh and other services you need to listen on this management interface only.
 
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Re: Securing Mikrotik without using Firewall for fastpath

Wed Oct 07, 2015 11:54 am

Configure the services to only be available from some trusted IP address.
 
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Re: Securing Mikrotik without using Firewall for fastpath

Mon Jul 20, 2020 8:24 pm

Please, does anybody know how to protect a BGP Router (Port TCP 179) without breaking fastpath ?

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