firewall action

The firewall action object type represents the kind of action that a firewall rule is set to perform, like blocking or allowing network traffic. On Windows, this type is a wrapper around the NET_FW_ACTION enumerated type.

The "firewall action" type can have the following values:

0: Block traffic.
1: Allow traffic.
2: Maximum traffic.

On Windows, all three values are valid. On macOS only the first two values are valid.

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Operators

Version	Platforms
8.0.584.0	Windows
11.0.4.0	Mac

Creation

action of <firewall rule> : firewall action

Retrieves the type of action that the specified firewall rule is set to perform (e.g. blocking network traffic). On Windows, this property is implemented as a wrapper around the Windows Firewall API. For more information, see the Microsoft documentation for the INetFwRule interface and the NET_FW_ACTION enumeration.

Example running the QnA on a Windows computer showing the target application of each firewall rule that allows network traffic. Only the first 3 answers are shown.

Q: names of rules whose (action of it = firewall action 1) of firewall
A: Google Chrome (mDNS-In)
A: BES Client (ICMPv6)
A: BES Client (ICMPv4)

Example running the QnA on a Mac computer showing the target application of each firewall rule that allows network traffic. Only the first 3 answers are shown.

Q: (application name of it) of rules whose (action of it = firewall action 1) of firewall
A: com.apple.iBooksX
A:
A:

Plural: actions

Version	Platforms
8.0.584.0	Windows
11.0.4.0	Mac

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allow firewall action : firewall action

Returns an object that represents the action of allowing network traffic through a firewall.

Example running the QnA on a Windows computer showing the target application of each firewall rule that allows network traffic. Only the first 3 answers are shown.

Q: application names of rules whose (action of it = allow firewall action) of firewall
A: C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
A: C:\Program Files (x86)\BigFix Enterprise\BES Server\BESWebReportsServer.exe
A:

Example running the QnA on a Mac computer showing the target application of each firewall rule that allows network traffic. Only the first 3 answers are shown.

Q: application names of rules whose (action of it = allow firewall action) of firewall
A: com.apple.iBooksX
A:
A:

Plural: allow firewall actions

Version	Platforms
8.0.584.0	Windows
11.0.4.0	Mac

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block firewall action : firewall action

Returns an object that represents the action of blocking network traffic through a firewall.

Example running the QnA on a Windows computer showing the target application of each firewall rule that blocks network traffic. Only the first 2 answers are shown.

Q: application names of rules whose (action of it = block firewall action) of firewall
A: C:\Program Files (x86)\BigFix Enterprise\BES Server\BESWebReportsServer.exe
A:

Example running the QnA on a Mac computer showing the target application of each firewall rule that blocks network traffic. Only the first 2 answers are shown.

Q: application names of rules whose (action of it = block firewall action) of firewall
A: com.apple.Chess
A:

Plural: block firewall actions

Version	Platforms
8.0.584.0	Windows
11.0.4.0	Mac

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firewall action <integer> : firewall action

Returns the Nth enumerated type of the firewall action type. On Windows, this type is a wrapper around the NET_FW_ACTION enumerated type.

The "firewall action" type can have the following values:

0: Block traffic.
1: Allow traffic.
2: Maximum traffic.

On Windows, all three values are valid. On macOS only the first two values are valid.

Example running the QnA on a Windows computer showing the target application of each firewall rule that allows network traffic. Only the first 3 answers are shown.

Q: application names of rules whose (action of it = firewall action 1) of firewall
A: C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
A: C:\Program Files (x86)\BigFix Enterprise\BES Server\BESWebReportsServer.exe
A:

Example running the QnA on a Mac computer showing the target application of each firewall rule that allows network traffic. Only the first 3 answers are shown.

Q: application names of rules whose (action of it = firewall action 1) of firewall
A: com.apple.iBooksX
A:
A:

Plural: firewall actions

Version	Platforms
8.0.584.0	Windows
11.0.4.0	Mac

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Operators

<firewall action> = <firewall action> : boolean

Compares two firewall actions and returns True if they are equal.

Example running the QnA on a Windows and Mac computer showing if the firewall actions are equal or not.

Q: firewall action 1 = firewall action 1
A: True

Q: firewall action 1 = firewall action 0
A: False

Version	Platforms
8.0.584.0	Windows
11.0.4.0	Mac

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