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firewall rule

nounid 2611·updated May 9, 2026
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Firewall rules examine the control information in individual packets. The rules either block or allow those packets based on rules that are defined on these pages. Firewall rules are assigned directly to computers or to policies that are in turn assigned to a computer or collection of computers.

MWE

Attested in

No recorded attestations. They are written when an MWE tagging stage is completed, stamped with the pack version and the document’s digest.

Classifications

Entity Type

Network95%rule-basedr:entity.network.gear.v1

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
firewall rules
possessive
firewall rule's
pluralpossessive
firewall rules'

Framework definitions

FFIEC Cybersecurity Assessment Tool, Baseline, May 20171 senseview framework →
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Firewall rules examine the control information in individual packets. The rules either block or allow those packets based on rules that are defined on these pages. Firewall rules are assigned directly to computers or to policies that are in turn assigned to a computer or collection of computers.
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
Firewall rules examine the control information in individual packets. The rules either block or allow those packets based on rules that are defined on these pages. Firewall rules are assigned directly to computers or to policies that are in turn assigned to a computer or collection of computers.
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