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The following steps are recommendation how to protect your router. We strongly suggest to keep default firewall, it can be patched by other rules that fullfils your setup requirements. Other tweaks and configuration options to harden your router's security are described later.To learn what security methods are used by RouterOS internally, read the security article.
Winbox 3.18 Description: Winbox for Mac, Wine based compilation for the Winbox application that offers you the possibility to configure your MikroTik router without using a web browser The MikroTik routers However, the MikroTik routers manufacturers provide to the users only the Windows version for the Winbox application. It can cause some troubles using MAC-Winbox. Click Connect and wait for login process to finish. Do a basic configuration to your RouterOS machine. Set the desired IPs and click Exit on Winbox window. Make sure to remember the assigned IP address. Open Winbox Look for the 3 dots. Click on the 3 dots and see if the MAC and IP populate. If they do click the MAC and FIX IT. Check out Safe Mode while you are at it. Sometimes you may need to set your IP to a Static Address. If the above doesn’t work. Set your IP on your computer to Static then try above.
- 2Access to a router
- 3Router services
- 3.2RouterOS MAC-access
- 4Router interface
- 5Firewall
- 6IPv6
RouterOS version
Start by upgrading your RouterOS version. Some older releases have had certain weaknesses or vulnerabilities, that have been fixed. Keep your device up to date, to be sure it is secure. Click 'check for updates' in Winbox or Webfig, to upgrade. We suggest you to follow announcements on our security announcement blog to be informed about any new security issues.
Access to a router
Access username
Change default username admin to different name, custom name helps to protect access to your rotuer, if anybody got direct access to your router.
Warning: Use secure password and different name for your router's username.
Access password
MikroTik routers requires password configuration, we suggest to use pwgen or other password generator tool to create secure and non-repeating passwords,
Another option to set a password,
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We strongly suggest to use second method or Winbox interface to apply new password for your router, just to keep it safe from other unauthorised access.
Access by IP address
Besides the fact that default firewall protects your router from unauthorized access from outer networks, it is possible to restrict username access for the specific IP address
x.x.x.x/yy - your IP or network subnet that is allowed to access your router.
Note: login to router with new credentials to check that username/password are working.
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Router services
All production routers have to be administred by SSH, secured Winbox or HTTPs services. Use the latest Winbox version for secure access. Note, that in newest Winbox versions, 'Secure mode' is ON by default, and can't be turned off anymore.
RouterOS services
Most of RouterOS administrative tools are configured at
Keep only secure ones,
and also change the default port, this will immediately stop most of the random SSH bruteforce login attempts:
Additionaly each /ip service entity might be secured by allowed IP address (the address service will reply to)
RouterOS MAC-access
RouterOS has built-in options for easy management access to network devices. The particular services should be shutdown on production networks.
MAC-Telnet
Disable mac-telnet services,
MAC-Winbox
Disable mac-winbox services,
MAC-Ping
Disable mac-ping service,
Neighbor Discovery
MikroTik Neighbor discovery protocol is used to show and recognize other MikroTik routers in the network, disable neighbor discovery on all interfaces,
Bandwidth server
Bandwidth server is used to test throughput between two MikroTik routers. Disable it in production enironment.
DNS cache
Router might have DNS cache enabled, that decreases resolving time for DNS requests from clients to remote servers. In case DNS cache is not required on your router or another router is used for such purposes, disable it.
Other clients services
RouterOS might have other services enabled (they are disabled by default RouterOS configuration).MikroTik caching proxy,
MikroTik socks proxy,
MikroTik UPNP service,
MikroTik dynamic name service or ip cloud,
More Secure SSH access
RouterOS utilises stronger crypto for SSH, most newer programs use it, to turn on SSH strong crypto:
Router interface
Ethernet/SFP interfaces
It is good practice to disable all unused interfaces on your router, in order to decrease unauthorised access to your router.
- x numbers of the unused interfaces.
LCD
Some RouterBOARDs have LCD module for informational purpose, set pin or disable it.
Firewall
We strongly suggest to keep default firewall on. Here are few adjustment to make it more secure, make sure to apply the rules, when you understand what are they doing.
IPv4 firewall to a router
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- work with new connections to decrease load on a router;
- create address-list for IP addresses, that are allowed to access your router;
- enable ICMP access (optionally);
- drop everything else, log=yes might be added to log packets that hit the specific rule;
IPv4 firewall for clients
- Established/related packets are added to fasttrack for faster data throughput, firewall will work with new connections only;
- drop invalid connection and log them with prefix invalid;
- drop attempts to reach not public addresses from your local network, apply address-list=not_in_internet before, bridge1 is local network interface, log attempts with !public_from_LAN;
- drop incoming packets that are not NATed, ether1 is public interface, log attempts with !NAT prefix;
- drop incoming packets from Internet, which are not public IP addresses, ether1 is public interface, log attempts with prefix !public;
- drop packets from LAN that does not have LAN IP, 192.168.88.0/24 is local network used subnet;
IPv6
Currently IPv6 package is disabled by default. Please enable package with care, as RouterOS will not create any default firewall rules for IPv6 at the moment.
IPv6 ND
Disable IPv6 Neighbour Discovery
IPv6 firewall to a router
- work with new packets, accept established/related packets;
- drop link-local addresses from Internet interface;
- accept access to a router from link-local addresses, accept multicast addresses for management purposes, accept your address for router access;
- drop anything else;
IPv6 firewall for clients
Enabled IPv6 puts your clients available for public networks, set proper firewall to protect your customers.
- accept established/related and work with new packets;
- drop invalid packets and put prefix for rules;
- accept ICMP packets;
- accept new connection from your clients to the Internet;
- drop everything else.