Firewall Profile: Set action

["Brule, Joseph M" <jmbrule@radium.ncsc.mil>]

All,

 

QUESTION ONE: 

I would like to remove the set action from this profile.  Do you think the ‘set’ action needs to be included in the 'stateless-packet-filtering' (aka firewall) profile?

 

QUESTION TWO: 

If you believe that the set action is applicable to the firewall profile, please identify if it should be required, optional and suggested target type(s)

 

BACKGROUND:

The following is NOT consensus attained from the actuator profile subcommittee nor any subset of the subcommittee.  The following is my personal opinion only and request confirmation or rebuttal.

 

In the context of the stateless-packet-filtering:

I do not see the utility of including ‘set’ in this profile.  Stateless packet filtering is about as simple as you get.  You would want to ‘set’ the firewall rules, but that is more appropriately is covered by the ‘deny’ and ‘allow’. 

 

Should we leave the ‘set’ action out for now?  It can always be added later should we learn from our early implementers that it is in fact needed.   

 

Please advise

 

VR

 

Joe B