
This chapter provides an overview on your SonicWALL security appliance stateful packet inspection default access rules and configuration examples to customize your access rules to meet your business requirements.
Access rules are network management tools that allow you to define ingress and egress access policy, configure user authentication, and enable remote management of the SonicWALL security appliance.
The SonicOS Firewall > Access Rules page provides a sortable access rule management interface. The subsequent sections provide high-level overviews on configuring access rules by zones and configuring bandwidth management using access rules.