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npaulo_213434
Nimbostratus
NimbostratusAFM perimeter firewall?
Hi everyone,
For what I can see, AFM at least starting on version 12 can act and be configured as a network firewall with rules permitting or denying traffic with a source and destination, in sp...
boneyard
MVP
MVPyou don't even need 12.0 for this, AFM has been able to do this through 11 fine. and even before AFM you were able to built something with virtual servers and packetfilters, but AFM is nice step forward.
F5 positions it as a data centre firewall. so meant for clearly defined incoming connections, usually your VIPs and perhaps a little more. for outgoing connection, so clients go to the internet a next generation firewall still make more sense as there is no application control / ips (except for HTTP with ASM) and such.
