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      tommyboy180 last edited by

      When I disable a Firewall exception but leave a NAT entry for an internal device am I less secure than removing the unused NAT entry?

      The reason I ask is I am wondering if its still possible to map internal addresses even though a Firewall Exception may not exist but a NAT entry is still in place.

      Thank you.

      -Tom Schaefer
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        danswartz last edited by

        What do you mean by "firewall exception"?

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          Efonnes last edited by

          If you have no firewall rules that would let it through, then it won't let it pass.  If you still have the port forward enabled, you will see the port forward's target in your firewall log instead of your WAN IP address.  Either way, it is going to block it when you don't have anything defined to let it pass.

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            tommyboy180 last edited by

            Cool. Thank you.

            -Tom Schaefer
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