NAME

       firehol-policy - set default action for an interface or router

SYNOPSIS

       policy action

DESCRIPTION

       The policy subcommand defines the default policy for an interface or router.

       The action can be any of the actions listed in firehol-actions(5).

              Note

              Change  the  default policy of a router only if you understand clearly what will be matched by the
              router statement whose policy is being changed.

              It is common to define overlapping router definitions.  Changing the policy to anything other than
              the default return may cause strange results for your configuration.

              Warning

              Do not set a policy to accept unless you fully trust all  hosts  that  can  reach  the  interface.
              FireHOL CANNOT be used to create valid “accept by default” firewalls.

EXAMPLE

              interface eth0 intranet src 192.0.2.0/24
                # I trust this interface absolutely
                policy accept

SEE ALSO

       • firehol(1) - FireHOL program

       • firehol.conf(5) - FireHOL configuration

       • firehol-interface(5) - interface definition

       • firehol-router(5) - router definition

       • FireHOL Website

       • FireHOL Online PDF Manual

       • FireHOL Online Documentation

AUTHORS

       FireHOL Team.

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