One Rule To Identify Network Noise
One basic rule filters out a whole lot of noise on your network
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I explained in the last post how to inspect your network traffic logs.
There’s one simple rule you can add to your network firewall to block a whole bunch of rogue traffic all at once. When you create this rule you can set it to automatically drop the packets and provide no response to the offending party sending you the noisy traffic. This may help your firewall performance. It may degrade their network while they sit there waiting for a response that never comes. It depends on how their software handles the packets.
