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[Networking Noob] So I installed an OPNsense firewall a few months ago and I'm getting massively high volume of connection attempts that are all being denied but it still seems like a lot. Is that normal?

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Probably since a lot of people will use bots that scan all ips and attempt to connect or request info and automatically attempt common vulnerabilities .

Not entirely related to firewalls but my cloudflare sites were getting high levels of 1.x http connection attempts (talking like 100k / week on small unknown site) from Indonesia, China and I think another SEA country. Easiest fix was to block those countries since idk if blocking 1.x http would break anything. Instantly lowered traffic

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It's pretty mad setting anything up on a common port and watching just how much bot traffic there is on the internet

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Ya it SUCKS trying to plug shit into other shit never :marseyitsover: works

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yeah i've checked a few of the IPs and they're from the usual suspects (especially india) so i'll probably finally get around to doing that

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Yeah that and as lain said keep ports closed if you don't know what you're doing / using it just for home. And if you plan to connect from somewhere else / open them set up ssh keys and limited account access for ones handling web stuff. Usually though you'll be fine if you make sure to read guides

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