WatchGuard Firebox System 7.0 User Guide

WatchGuard Firebox System 7.0 User Guide WatchGuard Firebox System 7.0 User Guide

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Chapter 9: Configuring Proxied Services4 By default, all rules are enabled. You can enable ordisable the rules as you choose to determine whichpacket originators are automatically added to the autoblockedsites list.To be able to select or clear several consecutive rules as a group,select the first rule, press Shift and select the last rule, and thenselect one of the rules between the two selections.To be able to select or clear several non-consecutive rules as agroup, press Ctrl and select each rule you want.DNS file descriptor limitThe DNS proxy has only 256 file descriptors available forits use, which limits the number of DNS connections in aNAT environment. Every UDP request that uses dynamicNAT uses a file descriptor for the duration of the UDPtimeout. Every TCP session that uses dynamic, static, or 1-to-1 NAT uses a file descriptor for the duration of the session.The file descriptor limit is rarely a problem, but an occasionalsite may experience slow name resolution and manyinstances of the following log message:dns-proxy[xx] dns_setup_connect_udp: Unable to createUDP socket for port: Invalid argument158 WatchGuard Firebox System

Configuring the DNS Proxy ServiceYou can work around this problem in two ways (the firstmethod is the most secure):• Avoid using dynamic NAT between your clients andyour DNS server.• Disable the outgoing portion of the DNS proxiedservice and replace it with a filtered DNS service.User Guide 159

Configuring the DNS Proxy ServiceYou can work around this problem in two ways (the firstmethod is the most secure):• Avoid using dynamic NAT between your clients andyour DNS server.• Disable the outgoing portion of the DNS proxiedservice and replace it with a filtered DNS service.<strong>User</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> 159

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