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Create Azure Firewall policies

Create Azure Firewall policies

- [Instructor] What is an Azure Firewall policy? Controlling outbound network traffic is a trivial part of an overall security plan. Limiting access to outbound ports, IP addresses, and websites is an important step for enhancing the overall security of your website. Firewall policies help in cutting down unauthorized access to servers, thereby reducing the scope of cyber attack. Firewall policy is the recommended method to configure your Azure Firewall. It's a global resource that can be used across multiple Azure Firewall instances in secure virtual hubs and hub virtual networks. Policies work across regions and subscriptions. With Azure Firewall and firewall policies, we can configure application rules. These rules define fully-qualified domain names and can be accessed from a subnet. Network rules. These rules define source address, protocol, destination port, and the destination address. DNAT rules. DNAT rules are…

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