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Firewall change request process

Our organization has an in-house software development and database team. From time to time, we need to open ports through the firewall to access servers or enable communication between servers
Can anyone give me idea how do you deal with such firewall change requests in way that makes this process easy and convenient
We dont use any service desk system or software at the moment.

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Feroz Ahmed

Hi,

You can configure access-list on firewall to get rid opening ports at time to time to enable access to servers.The firewall configuration is as below :

ASA#(config-t)
ASA(config-t)#access-list 101 per ip any any
ASA(config-t)#access-group 101 in interface outside.
This means you can get into network from outside without prompting for opening ports and credentials.If you want specific port to be enable on firewall just mention the port number followed by ip address as below :
ASA(config-t)#access-list 101 permit ip 192.168.0.0 telnet 23
ASA(config-t)#access-group 101 in interface outside.

Steve Jennings

Create a data base view / form. Ask for source, destination networks/hosts, ports, protocol, uni or bidirectional. Maybe even have a manager approve it before implementing it. That's a sort of "poor man's" service request system. Keep a data base record that can help you organize what you have opened up and who requested it.

Are these internal servers? Or are you talking about opening ports to servers outside of your organization?

You want the process to be easy and manageable, so make sure it's organized. Disorganized firewalls are a kryptonite to organizations and magnets to hacks.

Good luck,
Steve