Questions

Answer the following questions. For Questions 3 – 5, if the rulesetting is not specified in the question, assume the default value for that setting.

  1. When we create firewall rules, what principle should apply?
  2. What is the difference between Block and Reject in filtering traffic?
  3. Our network has two interfaces: WAN and LAN. The only two rules created so far are the IPv4 and IPv6 "Allow LAN to any" rules that pfSense creates when the LAN interface is initially assigned. We create a rule to block Recode with the following settings: Action = Reject; Interface = LAN; Address Family = IPv4 + IPv6; Protocol = TCP; Source = LAN net; Destination = 151.101.21.52 (Recode's IP address). We place the rule at the bottom of the LAN rules table. ...

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