Network based Intrusion Detection System
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ASL also includes a high speed network based intrusion prevent system.
[edit] Current Features
Blocks shellshock attacks on non-HTTP services (the WAF blocks shellshock attacks on HTTP services)
Blocks heartbleed attacks
Blocks DNS amplification attacks
Blocks NTP amplification attacks
[edit] DNS amplification attacks
You can also define queries you want to block to DNS to help prevent DNS amplification attacks. Custom queries are defined in this file:
/etc/asl/firewall/custom-domains
The format for this file is:
domain,type
For example:
.,ANY
One entry per line.