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Old 11-16-2018, 10:09 AM   #1
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Port Mirror Traffic to Firewall


Would it be uncommon, or unheard of, to port mirror traffic over one /24 subnet to a firewall in an effort to generate a firewall ruleset based on the allowed/blocked traffic?

The idea would be to not disrupt the existing network, but gain an understanding of what traffic is being passed over the network. I am well aware this could be done using Wireshark, but I'm more interested in the ease of seeing what the firewall blocked/allowed, and making changes accordingly.

Thoughts and ideas are welcome.

Thank you.
 
Old 11-19-2018, 04:03 PM   #2
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It is common to port mirror. It is also common to record all packets on any switch. It doesn't take much to record it in wireshark usually. (I will have to say that could become a huge file)
 
  


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