Firewall Configuration Examples

This section provides examples for configuring firewalls.

Denying Access from a Specific Port

You might want to block TCP port 445 to protect against the WannaCry ransomware attacks. You can add a firewall rule to deny all incoming traffic from TCP port 445.

Firewall Configuration

Table 1 lists the inbound rules required.

Table 1 Firewall rules

Direction

Action

Protocol

Source

Source Port Range

Destination

Destination Port Range

Description

Inbound

Deny

TCP

0.0.0.0/0

1-65535

0.0.0.0/0

445

Denies inbound traffic from any IP address through TCP port 445.

Inbound

Allow

All

0.0.0.0/0

1-65535

0.0.0.0/0

All

Allows all inbound traffic.

Note

  • By default, a firewall denies all inbound traffic. You can add a rule to allow all inbound traffic if necessary.

  • If you want a deny rule to be matched first, insert the deny rule above the allow rule. For details, see Changing the Sequence of a Firewall Rule.

Allowing Access from Specific Ports and Protocols

In this example, an ECS in a subnet is used as the web server, and you need to allow inbound traffic from HTTP port 80 and HTTPS port 443 and allow all outbound traffic. You need to configure both the firewall rules and security group rules to allow the traffic.

Firewall Configuration

Table 2 lists the inbound and outbound rules required.

Table 2 Firewall rules

Direction

Action

Protocol

Source

Source Port Range

Destination

Destination Port Range

Description

Inbound

Allow

TCP

0.0.0.0/0

1-65535

0.0.0.0/0

80

Allows inbound HTTP traffic from any IP address to ECSs in the subnet through port 80.

Inbound

Allow

TCP

0.0.0.0/0

1-65535

0.0.0.0/0

443

Allows inbound HTTPS traffic from any IP address to ECSs in the subnet through port 443.

Outbound

Allow

All

0.0.0.0/0

All

0.0.0.0/0

All

Allows all outbound traffic from the subnet.

Security group configuration

Table 3 lists the inbound and outbound security group rules required.

Table 3 Security group rules

Direction

Protocol/Application

Port

Source/Destination

Description

Inbound

TCP

80

Source: 0.0.0.0/0

Allows inbound HTTP traffic from any IP address to ECSs associated with the security group through port 80.

Inbound

TCP

443

Source: 0.0.0.0/0

Allows inbound HTTPS traffic from any IP address to ECSs associated with the security group through port 443.

Outbound

All

All

Destination: 0.0.0.0/0

Allows all outbound traffic from the security group.

A firewall adds an additional layer of security. Even if the security group rules allow more traffic than that actually required, the firewall rules allow only access from HTTP port 80 and HTTPS port 443 and deny other inbound traffic.