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VMware NSX – URL Filtering

NSX-T 3.2 introduces a new Security feature on the Gateway Firewall, URL Filtering. URL filtering can prevent malicious code, spyware, phishing attempts and other threats by blocking access to websites or URLs that may cause a security risk. URL filtering enables access-control based on URL categories, URL reputation, and custom URLs. URL filtering is supportedContinue reading “VMware NSX – URL Filtering”

NSX-T Filtering Specific Domains (FQDN/URLs)

VMware NSX-T Distributed Firewall (DFW) offers L2 to L7 stateful firewall capabilities. Most NSX-T operators are fairly comfortable creating L4 policies in the quest to achieve the “zero-trust” model. In this blog I wanted to take this one step further and explore the capabilities of using the DFW to enforce policy matching L7 FQDN/URLs. IContinue reading “NSX-T Filtering Specific Domains (FQDN/URLs)”