Apr 20, 2023 — Firewall as a Service (FWaaS) now in beta

You can now configure firewall rules in a policy. This feature lets you control the Internet-bound and on-premise TCP and UDP traffic that’s allowed to leave your network. It also prevents your organization’s devices, applications, and services from attempting connections that are not authorized.

From the new Firewall tab in a policy, you identify traffic based on:

• IP Address. You can specify destination IP addresses or CIDR ranges, source IP addresses or CIDR ranges, the protocol, or the port/port range of traffic.
• Application. You can select applications that use UDP and TCP, such as unified communications (UC) applications. For example, you can select Zoom, GoTo Meeting, and more. You can also provide the source IP addresses or CIDR ranges of clients that make requests to the selected applications.
• Service. You can select standard network services that use well-known ports and protocols, such as NTP, SSH, and more. You can also provide the source and destination IP addresses or CIDR ranges for this traffic.

You select either the Allow or Block action for each rule. You also set the default action that’s applied when traffic does not match any of the configured rules.

To learn more about this feature, see Configure firewall rules. To participate in this beta, contact your ​Akamai​ account representative.