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Detecting and Blocking IP Packets with Incorrectly Formatted Options

Attackers sometimes configure IP options incorrectly, producing either incomplete or malformed fields. The incorrect formatting is anomalous and potentially harmful to the intended recipient.

Before You Begin

For background information, read Understanding Bad IP Option Protection.

To detect and block IP packets with incorrectly formatted IP options, use the JUNOS CLI configuration editor. The specified security zone is the one from which the packets originated.

user@host# set security screen ip-bad-option ip bad-option
user@host# set security zones security-zone zone screen ip-bad-option

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