F5 Networks Configuring BIG-IP AFM: Advanced Firewall Manager

Master the F5 Networks BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) to enhance your network's security by configuring robust firewalls and protecting against DoS attacks, ideal for network and security professionals aiming to upgrade their technical expertise.

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Essential Skills Gained

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Configure the BIG-IP AFM for optimal firewall and DoS protection.

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Utilize logging and reporting tools to monitor and analyze network security events.

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Implement IP intelligence and DoS protection strategies across network layers.

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Develop and manage firewall rules and policies to streamline network traffic control.

Format

  • Instructor-led
  • 2 days with lectures and hands-on labs.

Audience

  • Network operators
  • Network administrators
  • Network engineers
  • Security architects

Description

This course uses lectures and hands-on exercises to give participants real-time experience in setting up and configuring the BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) system. Students are introduced to the AFM user interface, stepping through various options that demonstrate how AFM is configured to build a network firewall and to detect and protect against DoS (Denial of Service) attacks. Reporting and log facilities are also explained and used in the course labs. Further Firewall functionality and additional DoS facilities for DNS and SIP traffic are discussed.

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Course Outline

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Lesson 1: Setting up the BIG-IP System

  1. Introducing the BIG-IP System

  2. Initially Setting Up the BIG-IP System

  3. Archiving the BIG-IP System Configuration

  4. Leveraging F5 Support Resources and Tools

Lesson 2: AFM Overview

  1. AFM Overview

  2. AFM Availability

  3. AFM and the BIG-IP Security Menu

Lesson 3: Network Firewall

  1. AFM Firewalls

  2. Contexts

  3. Modes

  4. Packet Processing

  5. Rules and Direction

  6. Rules Contexts and Processing

  7. Inline Rule Editor

  8. Configuring Network Firewall

  9. Network Firewall Rules and Policies

  10. Network Firewall Rule Creation

  11. Identifying Traffic by Region with Geolocation

  12. Identifying Redundant and Conflicting Rules

  13. Identifying Stale Rules

  14. Prebuilding Firewall Rules with Lists and Schedules

  15. Rule Lists

  16. Address Lists

  17. Port Lists

  18. Schedules

  19. Network Firewall Policies

  20. Policy Status and Management

  21. Other Rule Actions

  22. Redirecting Traffic with Send to Virtual

  23. Checking Rule Processing with Packet Tester

  24. Examining Connections with Flow Inspector

Lesson 4: Logs

  1. Event Logs

  2. Logging Profiles

  3. Limiting Log Messages with Log Throttling

  4. Enabling Logging in Firewall Rules

  5. BIG-IP Logging Mechanisms

  6. Log Publisher

  7. Log Destination

  8. Filtering Logs with the Custom Search Facility

  9. Logging Global Rule Events

  10. Log Configuration Changes

  11. QKView and Log Files

  12. SNMP MIB

  13. SNMP Traps

Lesson 5: IP Intelligence

  1. Overview

  2. Dynamic White and Black Lists

  3. Black List Categories

  4. Feed Lists

  5. IP Intelligence Policies

  6. IP Intelligence Log Profile

  7. IP Intelligence Reporting

  8. Troubleshooting IP Intelligence Lists

  9. IP Intelligence Database

  10. Licensing

  11. Installation

  12. Configuration

  13. Troubleshooting

  14. IP Intelligence iRule

Lesson 6: DoS Protection

  1. Denial of Service and DoS Protection Overview

  2. Device DoS Protection

  3. Configuring Device DoS Protection

  4. Variant 1 DoS Vectors

  5. Variant 2 DoS Vectors

  6. Automatic Threshold Configuration

  7. Variant 3 DoS Vectors

  8. Device DoS Profiles

  9. DoS Protection Profile

  10. Dynamic Signatures

  11. Dynamic Signatures Configuration

  12. DoS iRules

Lesson 7: Reports

  1. AFM Reporting Facilities Overview

  2. Examining the Status of Particular AFM Features

  3. Exporting the Data

  4. Managing the Reporting Settings

  5. Scheduling Reports

  6. Examining AFM Status at High Level

  7. Mini Reporting Windows (Widgets)

  8. Building Custom Widgets

  9. Deleting and Restoring Widgets

  10. Dashboards

Lesson 8: DoS White Lists

  1. Bypassing DoS Checks with White Lists

  2. Configuring DoS White Lists

  3. tmsh options

  4. Per Profile Whitelist Address List

Lesson 9: DoS Sweep Flood Protection

  1. Isolating Bad Clients with Sweep Flood

  2. Configuring Sweep Flood

Lesson 10: IP Intelligence Shun

  1. Overview

  2. Manual Configuration

  3. Dynamic Configuration

  4. IP Intelligence Policy

  5. tmsh options

  6. Extending the Shun Feature

  7. Route this Traffic to Nowhere - Remotely Triggered Black Hole

  8. Route this Traffic for Further Processing - Scrubber

Lesson 11: DNS Firewall

  1. Filtering DNS Traffic with DNS Firewall

  2. Configuring DNS Firewall

  3. DNS Query Types

  4. DNS Opcode Types

  5. Logging DNS Firewall Events

  6. Troubleshooting

Lesson 12: DNS DoS

  1. Overview

  2. DNS DoS

  3. Configuring DNS DoS

  4. DoS Protection Profile

  5. Device DoS and DNS

Lesson 13: SIP DoS

  1. Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)

  2. Transactions and Dialogs

  3. SIP DoS Configuration

  4. DoS Protection Profile

  5. Device DoS and SIP

Lesson 14: Port Misuse

  1. Overview

  2. Port Misuse and Service Policies

  3. Building a Port Misuse Policy

  4. Attaching a Service Policy

  5. Creating a Log Profile

Lesson 15: Network Firewall iRules

  1. Overview

  2. iRule Events

  3. Configuration

  4. When to use iRules

  5. More Information

Lesson 16: Recap

  1. BIG-IP Architecture and Traffic Flow

  2. AFM Packet Processing Overview

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