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| docs:guide-user:firewall:overview [2020/10/27 16:14] – [fw3 process control] devnrand | docs:guide-user:firewall:overview [2020/10/27 16:16] – [fw3 process control] devnrand |
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| :!: When invoking ''stop'', **only** the rules in the configuration files will be flushed. | :!: When invoking ''stop'', **only** the rules in the configuration files will be flushed. |
| Those rules automatically generated by ''fw3'' will be retained. If **all** the rules are flushed by invoking ''flush'', the default policy is set to ''ACCEPT'' and the router will pass all packets to, or forward on, to the destination network, providing no security. | Those rules automatically generated by ''fw3'' will be retained. |
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| | :!: If **all** the rules are flushed by invoking ''flush'', the default policy is set to ''ACCEPT'' and the router will pass all packets to, or forward on, to the destination network, providing **no security**. |
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| In cases where the router becomes inaccessible due to ''DROP'' set as the default policy, access can be restored through one of two methods: | In cases where the router becomes inaccessible due to ''DROP'' set as the default policy, access can be restored through one of two methods: |