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georgerod's avatar
georgerod
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17 hours ago

IP Containers in Firewall Rule

Acording to the KB, "The Internet firewall inspects traffic between the WAN and the Internet and lets you create rules to control this traffic." Dumb question but then is the firewall one directiona...
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michaelsaw
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9 hours ago

Hi georgerod, 

Got it.

Are you referring to the "Direction" setting in the WAN and LAN Firewall rules?
Here is a link to the KB: https://support.catonetworks.com/hc/en-us/articles/25210910831773-Managing-the-Socket-Next-Gen-LAN-Firewall-Policy#heading-3 

For managing traffic coming (inbound) from the Internet, this is referenced in the Remote Port Forwarding (RPF) setting.
Have you come across this KB previously: https://support.catonetworks.com/hc/en-us/articles/360004514358-Security-and-QoS-Recommendations-for-RPF ?

Cheers