A brief discussion about understanding directionality in vDefend Firewalls
CuriousTechie: Hello IT Guy! I have been playing around different options of implementing vDefend Distributed Firewalls. I see an option of Direction in the firewall rules (In-Out). Can you help me understand how does that work?
ITGuy: Sure! The direction in the rule is always with context to the VM(workload).
Rule Direction = In = Traffic will be allowed/disallowed to enter the VM = Ingress to the VM
Rule Direction = Out = Traffic will be allowed/disallowed to exit the VM = Egress from the VM
CuriousTechie: Then why do we have the default as In-Out?
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