• SonicOS 7.1
• About SonicOS
  • Working with SonicOS
  • SonicOS Workflow
  • How to Use the SonicOS Administration Guides
  • Guide Conventions
• About Firewall
  • Firewall Workflow
• Advanced
  • Changing Between SonicOS
    • Changing From Classic to Policy Mode
    • Changing From Policy to Classic Mode
  • Detection Prevention
  • Dynamic Ports
  • Source Routed Packets
  • Internal VLAN
  • Access Rule Options
  • IP and UDP Checksum Enforcement
  • Jumbo Frame
  • Connections
  • Control Plane Flood Protection
  • IPv6 Advanced Configuration
  • TCP
    • TCP Settings
    • Layer 3 SYN Flood Protection- SYN Proxy
    • Layer 2 SYN/RST/FIN Flood Protection - MAC Blacklisting
    • WAN DDOS Protection (Non-TCP Floods)
    • TCP Traffic Statistics
  • UDP
    • UDP Settings
    • UDP Flood Protection
    • UDP Traffic Statistics
    • UDPV6 Traffic Statistics
  • ICMP
    • ICMP Flood Protection for IPv4 version
    • ICMP Traffic Statistics
    • ICMP Flood Protection for IPv6 version
    • ICMPv6 Traffic Statistics
• Flood Protection
• SSL Control
  • Key Features of SSL Control
  • Key Concepts to SSL Control
  • Caveats and Advisories
  • Configuring SSL Control
  • Custom List
  • Enabling SSL Control on Zones
  • SSL Control Events
• Cipher Control
  • TLS Ciphers
    • Blocking/Unblocking Ciphers
    • Filtering Ciphers
      • Selecting Display Options
      • Displaying Ciphers by Strength
      • Displaying Ciphers by Block/Unblock
      • Displaying Ciphers by CBC Mode
      • Displaying Ciphers by TLS Protocol Version
  • SSH Ciphers
• Real-Time Black List (RBL) Filter
  • Configuring the RBL Filter
    • Enabling RBL Blocking
    • Adding RBL Services
    • Configuring User-Defined SMTP Server Lists
      • Configuring a White List
      • Configuring a Black List
    • Testing SMTP IP Addresses
• Use cases

Blocking/Unblocking Ciphers

To block ciphers

1. Navigate to Network > Firewall > Cipher Control.
2. Click TLS Ciphers.

3. Either:

   • Select the cipher(s) to block.

   • Click the checkbox in the table header.

4. Click Block. A confirmation dialog is displayed to block the selected ciphers.

5. Click OK.

   A Blocked icon displays in the Blocked column for each blocked cipher(s).

To unblock ciphers

1. Navigate to Network > Firewall > Cipher Control.
2. Click TLS Ciphers.

3. Either:

   • Select the cipher(s) to unblock.

   • Click the checkbox in the table header.

4. Click UnBlock. A confirmation dialog is displayed to unblock the selected ciphers.

5. Click OK.

   The Blocked icon is no longer displayed in the Blocked column for each blocked cipher(s).