Fwd: [fw-wiz] firewall rule lifecycle management

From: Brenno Hiemstra (brenno.hiemstra_at_gmail.com)
Date: 08/31/05

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    Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 14:51:55 +0200
    
    

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    > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    > From: Brenno Hiemstra <brenno.hiemstra@gmail.com>
    > Date: Aug 31, 2005 11:06 AM
    > Subject: Re: [fw-wiz] firewall rule lifecycle management
    > To: Michael Cox <michael@wanderingbark.net>
    >
    > Michael,
    >
    > We use a webbased solution where people need to supply their firewall rules.
    > When they fill in the form they need to provide detailed information (source
    > IP, destination IP, destination port, etcetera). This also needs to be
    > validated by the firewall team.
    >
    > When all the bureaucratic stuff is done the rule is getting a tracking
    > number which is also put into the firewall rulebase as 'more information'.
    > This way you can always go back and track the rule to see what it was about.
    >
    > Each rule has a lifecycle of 1 year where it needs to be re-validated by a
    > responsible person. If that doesn't happen, or the user removed the rule in
    > the system, the rule is removed from the firewall.
    >
    > You also need to keep logging information so you can track how much the rule
    > is being used. After a certain period of time (3 months eg.) you can think
    > about removing the rule from the firewall.
    >
    > Just a few options to think about.
    >
    >
    >
    >
    > Brenno.
    >
    > On 8/30/05, Michael Cox <michael@wanderingbark.net> wrote:
    > >
    > > Hi all.
    > >
    > > Question: What do those of you in large environments do to manage your
    > > rulesets in terms of removing access that is no longer required? We get
    > > lots of requests to add access, but are almost never told when
    > > something can be removed. This is a large corporation with lots of
    > > subcontractors, B2B, etc., and we're looking for ideas on how others
    > > get a handle on this (or does anybody?).
    > >
    > > Thanks in advance!
    > > Michael
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