Troubleshooting for NTA and ADS Automatic Diversion
January 5, 2024
When NTA detects abnormal traffic, it can notify ADS to divert the traffic. ADS sends route diversion notifications to the router, redirecting the traffic to ADS for cleaning. Based on this scenario, this article will summarize troubleshooting directions when traffic is not successfully diverted to ADS. 1. Check whether automatic diversion is triggered. You can […]
Introduction to NTA Automatic Diversion
December 28, 2023
NTA supports configuring automatic diversion for Region/IP Group traffic alerts and Region/IP Group DDoS attack alerts. There are different diversion methods for various scenarios, including ADS Diversion, Flowspec Diversion, BGP Diversion, and Null-Route Diversion For the Region/IP Group traffic alert, the following conditions must be met to perform automatic diversion after the alert is triggered: […]
Introduction to NSFOCUS WAF SNMP
December 22, 2023
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is an application-layer protocol that transmits management data between network devices. SNMP belongs to the Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) family and is one of the most widely used network protocols for managing and monitoring network components across a variety of industries. The majority of network components come with an […]
Illegal Upload Protection
June 13, 2023
When a client uploads a file to a server, NSFOCUS WAF performs protection based on the file type. If the file type matches an illegal upload restriction policy, NSFOCUS WAF allows or blocks the upload based on the corresponding action specified in the policy, and logs the event. On the Illegal Upload Restriction page, customers […]
Will the device restart after importing the license for ADS, ADS M, and NTA?
June 6, 2023
Upon successful import of the new license: After ADS, NTA, and ADS M are installed, you must import a license before using it. License types vary a bit for hardware devices and virtual devices. Hardware device: License types include Trial, Temporary Sales, and Perpetual. Virtual device (vADS, vNTA, vADSM): License types include Trial, Temporary Sales, […]
Illegal Download Protection
June 1, 2023
When a client downloads a file from a server, NSFOCUS WAF performs protection based on the file type, file size or MIME type. If the download file matches an illegal download restriction policy, NSFOCUS WAF allows or blocks the download based on the corresponding action specified in the policy, and logs the event. On the […]
How does NIPS Block or Pass a Specific IP Address？
May 30, 2023
Q: How does NIPS block traffic from a specific IP address or allow such traffic to pass? A: From version 5.6R11, NIPS introduces the global blacklist and whitelist. NIPS deems traffic from IP addresses in the global blacklist to be malicious by default and directly blocks such traffic. As for traffic from the allowed IP […]
How to Power Off ADS M Portal Properly
May 22, 2023
To ensure proper shutdown of the ADS M Portal, it is recommended to synchronize memory data with the hard disk before initiating a shutdown. The command for this is sync. Failure to do so may result in data loss. After synchronization, you may proceed with the shutdown command for power off, instead of power off […]
Configuring TCP Flood Protection on NSFOCUS WAF
May 16, 2023
According to the working principle of TCP/IP, only a certain amount of TCP/IP connections are allowed. Attackers exploit this to launch TCP flood attacks, which are divided into two types: An attacker sends too many SYN packets to a target server for processing, exhausting the server’s resources and making the server unresponsive to legitimate traffic. […]
Packet Forwarding Mode
May 9, 2023
The packet Forwarding Mode is mainly used for debugging network faults. If this function is enabled, it indicates that the ADS device will directly forward network packets without any checks. The Packet Forwarding Enable feature can be reminded through the ADS webpage if this function is enabled. If you want to disable the packet forwarding […]
