
Configuring Traffic Filters and Protocol Prioritization
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Using a Drop-All Filter As a Firewall
If your filtering strategy involves forwarding most traffic and dropping only
specified packets, you need only configure filters with a drop action (Drop filters)
for the traffic you want the router to reject.
If your strategy involves blocking most traffic and accepting only specified
packets, begin by defining filters to accept specified packets (Accept filters). Then,
add a filter on the interface to drop all packets (a Drop-all filter).
A Drop-all filter describes the broadest range of packets you want to block from
an interface. To ensure that all unwanted traffic is dropped, configure the Drop-all
filter to contain:
• Criteria that appears in every packet of the protocol you want to filter
• The maximum value of the range
• The minimum value of the range
With a Drop-all filter, higher-precedence Accept filters create exceptions (or
“holes”) in the drop-all range. Since the highest-precedence filter in a given
address range determines the result of combined filtering within that range, the
router will process packets that match the Accept filters. However, the Drop-all
filter ensures that the router rejects all other traffic.
For example, to configure a circuit that only accepts IP traffic addressed for
destination address 192.32.28.55, apply a Drop-all filter and one Accept filter, as
follows:
See “Changing Inbound Traffic Filter Precedence” on page 6-18” (inbound traffic
filters) or “Changing Outbound Traffic Filter Precedence” on page 7-21 (outbound
traffic filters) for information about using the Configuration Manager to change
filter precedence after filters have been applied to an interface.
Filter Action Rule Number Start of Range End of Range
Accept 1 (highest precedence) 192.32.28.55 192.32.28.55
Drop 2 (lower precedence) 0.0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255
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