Inbound firewall rules and outbound firewall rules are responsible for regulating the network traffic from within and outside the network. Know how to configure them efficiently to maximize firewall performance.
Simply put, inbound firewall rules protect the network from unwanted incoming traffic from the internet or other networks -- in particular, disallowed connections, malware and DoS attacks. Outbound firewall rules control outgoing traffic -- that is, requests to resources outside of the n...
Cloud Firewalls can be configured with both _Inbound and _Outbound rules. Inbound rules limit incoming network connections to a Linode service based on the port(s) and sources you configure. Outbound rules limit the outgoing network connections coming fr
PS C:\>New-NetFirewallRule-Name"Block Wireless In"-DirectionInbound-InterfaceTypeWireless-ActionBlock PS C:\>New-NetFirewallRule-Name"Block Wireless Out"-DirectionOutbound-InterfaceTypeWireless-ActionBlock This example uses two cmdlets to create firewall rules that block all of the wireless network...
Accepted values:Inbound, Outbound Position:Named Default value:None Required:False Accept pipeline input:False Accept wildcard characters:False -DisplayName Specifies that only matching firewall rules of the indicated display name are created. Wildcard characters are accepted. ...
√ Search for executable files through folders and create new rules in seconds. √ View recently blocked connections and create new rules from the logs: inbound and outbound. √ Choose if you want the program to start at user log on. ...
To configure SMTP scanning, create the following firewall rules: Scan inbound SMTP and SMTPS traffic to the mail server. Scan outbound SMTP/S, POP/S, and IMAP/S traffic. Scan inbound SMTP traffic Specify the firewall rule settings to scan inbound SMTP and SMTPS tra...
Rules can be created for either inbound traffic or outbound traffic. The rule can be configured to specify the computers or users, program, service, or port and protocol. You can specify which type of network adapter the rule will be applied to: local area network (LAN), wireless, remote...
When creating an inbound or outbound rule, you should specify details about the app itself, the port range used, and important notes like creation date. Rules must be well-documented for ease of review both by you and other admins. To maintain maximum security, admins should only deploy f...
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