Firewall

Automatically adjust Trust Levels and enforce security policies based on whether specific files are on a device

  • Updated on Jan 08, 2024

Firewall Overview

Firewall assesses whether devices’ firewalls are enabled.

How to add Firewall as a Trust Factor

  1. In Banyan’s Command Center, navigate from Trust > Profiles.

  2. Either select an existing Trust Profile or create a new one.

  3. Under the Trust Factors tab, select + Add Trust Factors if creating a new Trust Profile; select Edit and then +Add Trust Factors if adding new Trust Factors to an existing Trust Profile. Select Firewall.

  4. Set the Trust Effect.

How Banyan Collects the Firewall Trust Factor

OS Command Input Expected Output
macOS defaults read /Library/Preferences/com.apple.alf.plist globalstate 1
Windows (pre v.3.6) netsh advfirewall show allprofile Domain Profile Settings
Windows (v.3.6 and later) Get-NetFirewallProfile Enabled : True
Linux (pre v.3.6) Debian: sudo -n ufw status | grep -ie 'Status: active' ; Redhat: systemctl status firewalld  

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