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mdkberry
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Dummy rules...what are they doing exactly

Fri Feb 26, 2016 2:37 am

Hi

been a bit confused by the introduction of dummy rules since I last setup a routerOS, and have attached a couple of print screens of them in the firewall and NAT on my router which I just migrated to a new router and discovered these showing up on the new RouterOS.

1. what are they doing and should I be concerned about the traffic/routing/security implication or are they just logging packet info rather than doing anything to it.

2. if I wanted to switch them off, what impact would this have, and how does one do it?

I dont mind them being there so long as it isnt compromising security or resources in some way.

This is an RB2011 box if that makes a difference
dummy_rules1.tiff
dummy_rules2.tiff
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Re: Dummy rules...what are they doing exactly

Fri Feb 26, 2016 2:43 am

cant seem to edit my post above, but the images havent uploaded properly hopefully this is them....
dummy_rules1.jpg
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