SonicOS 8 Rules and Policies for Classic Mode
- SonicOS 8 Rules and Policies
- Overview
- Access Rules
- Setting Firewall Access Rules
- About Connection Limiting
- Using Bandwidth Management with Access Rules
- Creating Access Rules
- Configuring Access Rules for IPv6
- Enabling and Disabling Access Rules
- Editing Access Rules
- Deleting Access Rules
- Restoring Access Rules to Default Settings
- Displaying Access Rules
- Displaying Access Rule Traffic Statistics
- Configuring Access Rules for NAT64
- Configuring Access Rules for a Zone
- Access Rules for DNS Proxy
- User Priority for Access Rules
- Access Rule Configuration Examples
- Setting Firewall Access Rules
- NAT Rules
- About NAT in SonicOS
- About NAT Load Balancing
- About NAT64
- About FQDN-based NAT
- About Source MAC Address Override
- Viewing NAT Policy Entries
- Adding or Editing NAT or NAT64 Rule Policies
- Deleting NAT Policies
- Creating NAT Rule Policies: Examples
- Creating a One-to-One NAT Policy for Inbound Traffic
- Creating a One-to-One NAT Policy for Outbound Traffic
- Inbound Port Address Translation via One-to-One NAT Policy
- Inbound Port Address Translation via WAN IP Address
- Creating a Many-to-One NAT Policy
- Creating a Many-to-Many NAT Policy
- Creating a One-to-Many NAT Load Balancing Policy
- Creating a NAT Load Balancing Policy for Two Web Servers
- Creating a WAN-to-WAN Access Rule for a NAT64 Policy
- DNS Doctoring
- Routing
- DNS Rules
- Content Filter Rules
- App Rules
- About App Rules
- Rules and Policies > App Rules
- Verifying App Rules Configuration
- App Rules Use Cases
- Creating a Regular Expression in a Match Object
- Policy-based Application Rules
- Logging Application Signature-based Policies
- Compliance Enforcement
- Server Protection
- Hosted Email Environments
- Email Control
- Web Browser Control
- HTTP Post Control
- Forbidden File Type Control
- ActiveX Control
- FTP Control
- Bandwidth Management
- Bypass DPI
- Custom Signature
- Reverse Shell Exploit Prevention
- Endpoint Rules
- SonicWall Support
Working with SonicOS
SonicOS provides a web management interface for configuring, managing, and monitoring the features, policies, security services, connected devices, and outside threats to your network. SonicOS functions in conjunction with SonicCore, SonicWall's secure underlying operating system.
The SonicOS management interface facilitates:
- Setting up and configuring your firewall
- Configuring external devices such as access points or switches
- Configuring networks and external system options that connect to your firewall
- Defining objects and policies for protection
- Monitoring the health and status of the security appliance, network, users, and connections
- Monitoring traffic, users, and threats
- Investigating events
SonicWall offers different modes of operation in SonicOS; the modes differ mainly in the areas of policy, object configuration, and diagnostics.
- Classic Mode is more consistent with earlier releases of SonicOS; in that you need to develop individual policies and actions for specific security services. Classic Mode has a redesigned interface.
This following table identifies which of these modes can be used on various SonicWall firewalls:
| Firewall Type | Classic Mode | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| TZ Series | yes | The entry level TZ Series, also known as desktop firewalls, delivers revamped features such as 5G readiness, better connectivity options, improved threat protection, SSL and decryption performance that addresses HTPPS bandwidth issues; built-in SD-WAN, and lawful TLS 1.3 decryption support. It provides advanced networking and security features, like the multi-engine Capture Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) cloud-based sandbox service with patent-pending Real-Time Deep Memory Inspection (RTDMI™). |
In addition to the management interface, SonicOS also has a full-featured API and a command-line interface (CLI) to manage the firewalls.
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