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NetCloud Validated Design for Work From Anywhere using an Ericsson Cradlepoint E100 Router in Split- Tunnel Mode

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Validated Design

By default, the E100 stateful zone-based firewall will block any unsolicited traffic to protect the local network from outside threats and allow outbound connections. It is a good practice to modify the ALLOW policy to define more granular rules for traffic flows by source, destination, and protocol type. Additional security best practices include:

  • Leverage Identities to simplify firewall policy configuration

  • Define firewall zones that match your subnets and tunnels

  • Create Firewall Filter Policies that only allow ports based on application/use case

  • Apply Filter Policies to Zone Forwardings to restrict outbound traffic

These can be set in the Zone Firewall’s Filter Policy Rule Editor in NCM configuration section (refer to Figure 4 above) and should follow the security best practices as defined by the corporate security group. For more information, see Configuring a Zone Firewall.