IPsec rules in the advanced Windows firewall that authenticate and protect machine-to-machine traffic, so normal firewall rules may then permit secured connections only.
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Terms in this definition
- IPsec
Internet Protocol Security is the set of protocols that negotiates and encrypts the tunnels used by VNet-to-VNet and site-to-site VPNs.
- Windows Firewall
Comes with Windows and Windows Server: a stateful firewall on each host that inspects traffic in both directions, applies different rules per network profile and can enforce IPsec.
- RAMP
The approach used by the Cloud Adoption Framework's Manage methodology to structure cloud operations: teams, duties, processes and tools. It divides what the central platform handles from what each workload handles.
Related terms
- Domain isolation
A Windows Firewall design built on IPsec connection security rules, in which computers joined to the domain take traffic only from fellow members that have authenticated.
- Server isolation
An IPsec approach where a server only accepts traffic from computers that have authenticated and are authorised, combining connection security rules with firewall rules.