Opnsense setup with Zenarmor do I need something for WAN

[zzup]

So currently my current setup is just Opnsense with Zenarmor, upnp and smart tools.  I have shaper setup for keeping latency down.  My connection is a 2.5 gig up and down fiber.  I get full speed on my router with no problem.  I am wondering if i need to add something like CrowdSec to the WAN side or something else to protect my firewall.  I am not new with opnsense but never really dug into other addons much.  What are any suggestions on what i might want to add to secure my system more but would not overly complicate management for me.

Thanks for the help

[tangofan]

So currently my current setup is just Opnsense with Zenarmor, upnp and smart tools.  I have shaper setup for keeping latency down.  My connection is a 2.5 gig up and down fiber.  I get full speed on my router with no problem.  I am wondering if i need to add something like CrowdSec to the WAN side or something else to protect my firewall.  I am not new with opnsense but never really dug into other addons much.  What are any suggestions on what i might want to add to secure my system more but would not overly complicate management for me.

Thanks for the help

One thing to consider would be to disable UPnP and configure any necessary port openings and port forwardings manually, so you have some visibility into incoming traffic. Then with external ports open, I'd use CrowdSec and probably GeoIP as well. Some folks also use Suricata on WAN ports, though I don't know enough about it to have an idea, when that makes sense.

Anything else would depend on WHAT ports and services you expose.

[zzup]

The problem with not using UPNP is that I have 7 gaming consoles and 6 gaming computers that all use similar ports.  The problem with assigning each one static is each game requires its own so using UPNP helps keep the management down.  I know it is not perfect but working with what i got.  Do you run crowdsec on the wan or lan interface?

[Patrick M. Hausen]

Do you run crowdsec on the wan or lan interface?

Crowdsec is run globally, i.e. floating rules that simply block listed IP addresses.

[zzup]

Do you run crowdsec on the wan or lan interface?

Crowdsec is run globally, i.e. floating rules that simply block listed IP addresses.

When it comes to the rules.  I see on one guide that the wan should be out and on the other guide it should be in.  Do you know which guide is right?

https://www.zenarmor.com/docs/network-security-tutorials/how-to-install-and-configure-crowdsec-on-opnsense

https://homenetworkguy.com/how-to/install-and-configure-crowdsec-on-opnsense/#create-firewall-rules

[Patrick M. Hausen]

But Crowdsec does that for you! If you have the plugin installed, look at the automatically generated rules for any interface. No user serviceable parts inside 

And why would I refer to third party documentation by some "home network guy" whoever that is instead of the vendor's?

https://docs.crowdsec.net/docs/getting_started/install_crowdsec_opnsense/