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How Firewall rules work

  • Published on Sep 13, 2026
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Each rule contains a set of conditions that the network traffic must meet. The associated parameters of that rule allow or block the network traffic.

This diagram shows how network packet filtering works.

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This diagram explains how each network packet is processed.

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