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What function does this rule fulfill?

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  • Hola Jhon Charles,

    "Reading between the lines" is a challenge! ;-)

    It looks like you're asking about a masquerading rule like 'Internal (Network)-> External'.  That's to send traffic out into the Internet with the IP of "External (Address)" so that the response can find its way back to you.  The UTM's connection tracker will then know by the combination of source IP + source port + destination port where to send a response to a specific request from an IP in your LAN.  Was that your question?

    Cheers - Bob

     
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  • Hola Jhon Charles,

    "Reading between the lines" is a challenge! ;-)

    It looks like you're asking about a masquerading rule like 'Internal (Network)-> External'.  That's to send traffic out into the Internet with the IP of "External (Address)" so that the response can find its way back to you.  The UTM's connection tracker will then know by the combination of source IP + source port + destination port where to send a response to a specific request from an IP in your LAN.  Was that your question?

    Cheers - Bob

     
    Sophos UTM Community Moderator
    Sophos Certified Architect - UTM
    Sophos Certified Engineer - XG
    Gold Solution Partner since 2005
    MediaSoft, Inc. USA
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