Help understanding default firewall rules

hendr1x

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Hello everyone,

I'm trying to setup proxmox firewall for the first time. I've used ufw, csf, firewalld prior...seems like having an integrated solution would be nice and my rules aren't super complicated.I was planning on setting up some security groups and applying them. My main confusion comes from

"Default Firewall Rules" @ https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Firewall

If I am understanding things correct I don't have to worry about allowing tcp/upd ports for proxmox to run. I could have a default security group that just has all IN and OUT traffic get declined. This would take handle all default configuration needed. I could then, with another group...lets say webserver...apply all the needed rules to allow web servers to work.

Does this sound like a good approach? Thank you.
 

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