Atomic Protector Network Intrusion System

AP includes a high speed network based intrusion prevention system.

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

DNS Amplification Attacks

  • You can also define queries you want to block to DNS to help prevent DNS amplification attacks. Place one entry for line. Custom queries are defined in the following file:

    /etc/awp/firewall/custom-domains
    
  • The format of this file is:

    domain.type