Expected behaviour for Null, FIN and XMAS scans

[nicholasstone]

Running through a few very basics tests to prove Zone Protection etc with a customer, what is the expected default behaviour for reconaissance scans such as Null, FIN and XMAS scans?

Currently I can get the following nmap commands to run without issue and no logs beyond ping or icmp.

nmap -sX

nmap -sF

nmap -sN

What would be the appropriate measure to block/alert these? assuming there is a cryptic box top tick under the ZPP dialogs

[reaper · Accepted solution]

'rogue' flags are removed from packets without needing a Zone Protection Profile in place

[nicholasstone]

It's probably somewhere subtle, but is this documented anywhere?

[nicholasstone · Accepted solution]

Confirming that a packet capture on the "victim" machine shows no packets with TCP flags for ACK, FIN or PSH set when performing Christmas Tree. Packet capture on Firewall at stage "Receive" shows that the packets are indeed received by the firewall.

nmap command used:

nmap -sX -v [host]