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Blocking SIP request messages

Blocking SIP request messages

You may want to block different types of SIP requests:

  • to prevent SIP attacks using these messages.
  • If your SIP server cannot process some SIP messages because of a temporary issue (for example a bug that crashes or compromises the server when it receives a message of a certain type).
  • Your SIP implementation does not use certain message types.

When you enable message blocking for a message type in a VoIP profile, whenever a security policy containing the VoIP profile accepts a SIP message of this type, the SIP ALG silently discards the message and records a log message about the action.

Use the following command to configure a VoIP profile to block SIP CANCEL and Update request messages:

config voip profile edit VoIP_Pro_Name

config sip

set block-cancel enable set block-update enable

end end

SIP uses a variety of text-based messages or requests to communicate information about SIP clients and servers to the various components of the SIP network. Since SIP requests are simple text messages and since the requests or their replies can contain information about network components on either side of the FortiGate unit, it may be a security risk to allow these messages to pass through.

The following table lists all of the VoIP profile SIP request message blocking options. All of these options are disabled by default.

Blocking SIP OPTIONS messages may prevent a redundant configuration from oper- ating correctly. See Supporting geographic redundancy when blocking OPTIONS mes- sages on page 2822 for information about resolving this problem.

 

Options for blocking SIP request messages

SIP request mes- sage

SIP message blocking CLI Option

ACK                           block-ack

BYE                           block-bye

Cancel                       block-cancel

INFO                          block-info

INVITE                       block-invite

Message                   block-message

Notify                        block-notify

SIP request mes- sage

 

SIP message blocking CLI Option

Options                     block-options

PRACK                      block-prack

Publish                     block-publish

Refer                         block-refer

Register                    block-register

Subscribe                 block-subscribe

Update                      block-update


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