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Description

 
This article explains how to close undesired open ports on the FortiGate to avoid being scanned from external sources.


Solution

 
In this example, we will use TCP Port 8000:
 
1) Create a Custom Service.

Go to Firewall Object/Service/Services and select 'Create New'.
Name: Port-8000
Protocol Type: TCP/UDP/STCP
Protocol: TCP
Destination Port: 800.
Leave the other fields blank
Select 'OK' to save.
 
 

2) Create the Local-In Policy.

This step has to be configured from the CLI.
# config firewall local-in-policy
    edit 1
        set intf "wan1"           <----- External interface.
        set srcaddr "all"         <----- Source.
        set dstaddr "all"         <----- Destination.
        set action deny           <----- Action.
        set service "Port 8000"   <----- Custom Service created in step 1
        set schedule "always"
        set status enable
    end
To verify the settings, from the CLI type:
# config firewall local-in-policy
# show full
This policy cannot been checked from the WEB GUI, only from the CLI.

Special Note:
Ports which are handled by Session Helpers like SIP or SCCP are not affected by this change.
To deny these, steps from the the related articles.

 

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