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Umesh
Explorer II
May 24, 2024
Question

Fortigate Firewall policy vs local in policy

  • May 24, 2024
  • 2 replies
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Dear All,

 

What is the difference between Firewall policy (IPV4) and local in policy.

 

How both policy works.

 

What are the use cases.

 

Thank you.

2 replies

AEK
SuperUser
SuperUser
May 24, 2024

Hi Umesh

Firewall policy is for traffic transiting through FG, tike traffic from some client to some server, or from LAN to internet.

While local in policy is for traffic that is targeting FG itself, like when you want to deny some IP or GeoIP to connect to your FG's SSL VPN.

AEK
ozkanaltas
Valued Contributor III
May 24, 2024

Hello @Umesh ,

 

There is only one difference. Firewall policy controls traffic passing through from Fortigate. Local-in-Policy control inbound traffic to FortiGate interface.

 

 

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