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Re: [FW-1] HA - UDP 8116



Hi,

Thanks for the response.  This is a bit ridiculous on
the part of CP - no doco about this at all.

Is there a way to keep it from filling up my logs?

Thanks,
Boutros

--- Torkel Mathisen <[email protected]> wrote:
> The purpose of udp 8116 is first to allow each HA
> cluster
> member to check if the other HA members are up and
> second
> to verify interface status.
>
> This traffic can ble safely ignored according to CP.
> (I hate
> that kind of "sollution")
>
> You can't allow, disable or don't log it because the
> CPHA
> (which sends the udp 8116 traffic) is located
> between the
> FW-1 kernel and the NIC. There is no way the
> Security Policy
> can block the traffic.
>
> The only way to prevent it is to disable CPHA in the
> cpconfig
> menu on your gateways. But I guess thats not such a
> good idea.
> :)
>
> Regards,
> Torkel
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Boutros [mailto:[email protected]]
> > Sent: 3. februar 2003 20:07
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: [FW-1] HA - UDP 8116
> >
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > Working in a Check Point HA cluster environment,
> > version 4.1 SP6, newly installed.
> >
> > The logs are full of entries for UDP/8116, origin=
> > 10.10.10.10 - the firewall, source=10.10.10.0
> > (network), dest = 10.10.10.10, 4 entries dropped
> per
> > second.
> >
> > Only on the active machine.  When I fail over, the
> new
> > active machine does the same thing.
> >
> > According to IANA, this port is "Check Point
> > Clustering".  There is no service defined for this
> in
> > the Check Point GUI.
> >
> > Question is, what is its purpose?  It's currently
> > being dropped by the stealth rule - and HA works
> fine.
> >
> > I'd like to allow it if necessary, disable it if
> > possible, or, if not, set up a rule to get it out
> of
> > my logs.
> >
> > TIA.
> >
> >
> >
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