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NetworkFirewallPolicy



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Resource Overview

An AWS Network Firewall Policy defines monitoring and protection behavior for Network Firewall.

Associated Resources

Parent Resources

Connected Resources


Resource Configuration

Basic Settings

  • description : Firewall policy description (maximum 256 characters)
  • stream_exception_policy : Handling of midstream traffic interruption - DROP, CONTINUE, REJECT

Stateless Default Actions (stateless_default_action)

  • stateless_default_action.enabled_fragment_packet_action : Whether fragment packet handling is enabled - true, false
  • stateless_default_action.default_action : Default action for packets not matching stateless rules - aws:drop, aws:pass, aws:forward_to_sfe
  • stateless_default_action.fragment_default_action : Action for fragmented packets not matching rules

Stateless Rule Groups

  • stateless_rule_group_names : List of stateless rule groups associated with the policy
    • key : priority
    • value : rule group name

Stateful Default Actions (stateful_default_action)

  • stateful_default_action.rule_evaluation_order : Rule evaluation order - STRICT_ORDER, DEFAULT_ACTION_ORDER
  • stateful_default_action.default_actions : Default actions for packets not matching stateful rules

Stateful Rule Groups

  • strict_stateful_rule_group_names : Stateful rule groups evaluated in STRICT_ORDER
  • default_stateful_rule_group_names : Default stateful rule group names

Rule Variables (rule_variables)

  • rule_variables : Variables used to override Suricata default settings

Encryption Configuration (encryption_configuration)

  • `encrypt