Lance Spitzner wrote:

<snip>

> This rule will drop any connection initiated by the firewall, EVEN
> if your firewall is only inspecting inbound packets and protect your
> firewall from being used in various attacks.  The trick is that the
> "INSTALL ON" column is set to the Firewall, and not any.  This causes
> that single rule to inspect Eitherbound, while all the rest of the
> rules still inspect inbound.  Be advised, this also includes any mail,
> dns, or syslog connection that your firewall may be initiating.  You
> may need to add a second rule before this one to allow that functionality.

In addition to mail, dns, or syslog, don't forget the VPN stuff that's
not generated by a (separate) management console.

Binky


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