1. General Explanations¶

1.1. Introduction¶

VT AIR Next Gen Firewall is a Linux based firewall system delivering high firewall throughput while containing large number of Features to manage your network.

VT AIR is equipped with a modern management WebGUI, REST API and command line.

1.2. VT AIR Architecture¶

VT AIR runs on the Linux Operating System Debian and it utilizes a custom Linux Kernel for maximum compatibility and network speed.

1.3. Technology Stack¶

VT AIR is designed and built using open source software projects including:

Debian as the base operating system
SNMPD for SNMP
FRR for routing protocols
Kea for DHCP services
Unbound for DNS
ntp.org daemon for NTP
keepalived for VRRP and HA Failover
Docker for App Container
Suricata for Intrusion Detection and App Control
Squid as Web Filter
Coraza as Web Application Firewall
HAProxy as Reverse Proxy and Load Balancer
Apache Guacamole as WebVPN
OpenVPN
strongSwan for IPsec key management
WireGuard

1.4. Default login¶

The default login data for the WebGUI needs to be set the first time you log on. The WebGUI will force you to set a password for the default user admin.

For SSH or the console the user is root. The root and admin user share the same password, so you can use the SSH login only after the default has been set.

Note

VT AIR Amazon AWS and VT AIR Azure have a different login nechanism

1.5. Default Firewall User¶

The following users are active on the firewall by default:

Name	Function	Description
admin	Web GUI Administrator	Webinterface Admin
hasync	Web GUI High Availability User	HA Config Sync User with random password
root	SSH Only User	Password is synced with admin user

1.7. Search¶

The search box in the upper navigation bar can search the menu and return page results. It does not search through any saved data. If you want to find a menu entry fast it is a good tool to use.

1.8. Supported Browser¶

VT AIR supports Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari. The Internet Explorer is not a supported browser and might have errors showing GUI features.

1.9. Current VT AIR Appliances¶

Desktop

Rack

Industrial

1.10. Release Schedule¶

VT AIR is released quarterly and the version number reflects the month and year of the release. For example the release 2021.07.1 is released in July 2021.

Releases are in January, Aprul, July and October and are numbered like the following by replacing YYYY with the year of the release:

YYYY.01
YYYY.04
YYYY.07
YYYY.10

The Kernel is updated on the 04 (April) and 10 (October) release. There are exceptions like critical security vulnerabilities or other major reasons where we are forced to release a Kernel update outside of the release schedule.

1.11. Default Firewall Rules¶

Only the LAN Interface has default firewall rules enabled.

Protocol	Source IP	Source Port	Destination IP	Destination Port	Description
TCP	Any	Any	LAN Address	22, 80, 443	Anti Lockout Rule
TCP/UDP	LAN Network	Any	LAN Address	53, 853	DNS Server
ICMP	LAN Network	-	LAN Address	-	ICMP to VT AIR
Any	Any	Any	Private Networks	Any	Access to Private IPs v4 and v6
Any	Any	Any	NOT Private Networks	Any	Access to Public IPs v4 and v6

The WAN Interface blocks all Traffic and has an explicit extra Firewall Rule to block Private IPs.

Please refer to the open ICMP and ICMPv6 ports below for all Interfaces.

1.12. Default Services¶

The following tables shows the Services and their open ports that are enabled in factory default settings on the VT AIR:

Service	Port	Protocol	Default Firewall Rule	Active Interface	Description
DNS	53	TCP and UDP	Yes on LAN Interface	LAN	DNS Server
DNS	853	TCP and UDP	Yes on LAN Interface	LAN	DNS Server TLS
HTTP	80	TCP	Yes on LAN Interface	Any	Web Server
HTTPS	443	TCP	Yes on LAN Interface	Any	Web Server
DHCP	67	UDP	Yes on LAN Interface	LAN	DHCP Server
SSH	22	TCP	Yes on LAN Interface	Any	SSH Server
NTP	123	UDP	No Blocked	Any	NTP Server
ICMP		ICMP	Yes on LAN Interface + See Table below	N/A	ICMP Messages
ICMPv6		ICMPv6	See Table below	N/A	ICMPv6 Messages

Open ICMP Types to the VT AIR Firewall:

ICMP Type	Input Interface	Description
All	LAN	LAN ICMP to VT AIR
Destination unreachable (3)	ALL	Destination Unreachable Message
Time exceeded (11)	ALL	Time exceeded Message
Parameter problem (12)	ALL	Parameter Problem

Open ICMPv6 Types to the VT AIR Firewall:

ICMPv6 Type	Input Interface	Description
Destination unreachable (1)	ALL	Destination Unreachable Message
Packet Too Big (2)	ALL	Packet Too Big
Time exceeded (3)	ALL	Time exceeded Message
Parameter problem (4)	ALL	Parameter Problem
Neighbor Solicitation (135)	ALL	Neighbour Solicitation
Neighbor Advertisement (136)	ALL	Neighbour Advertisement
Multicast Listener Query (130)	ALL	Multicast Listener Query
Multicast Listener Report (131)	ALL	Multicast Listener Report
Multicast Listener Done (132)	ALL	Multicast Listener Done
Multicast Listener Report v2 (143)	ALL	Multicast Listener Report
Multicast Router Advertisemet (151)	ALL	Multicast Listener Report
Multicast Router Solicitation (152)	ALL	Multicast Listener Report
Multicast Router Termination (153)	ALL	Multicast Listener Report
Echo Reply (129)	ALL (fe80::/10, ff02::/16 <-> fe80::/10, ff02::/16)	Link Local Only
Router Solicitation (133)	ALL (fe80::/10, ff02::/16 <-> fe80::/10, ff02::/16)	Link Local Only
Router Advertisement (124)	ALL (fe80::/10, ff02::/16 <-> fe80::/10, ff02::/16)	Link Local Only