Destinations for Azure Firewall application rules such as social networking or gambling. Premium categorises using the full URL, Standard using only the FQDN.
Also called Azure Firewall.
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Terms in this definition
- Azure Firewall
Stateful network firewall run by Azure as a managed service; it can be placed in Virtual WAN hubs and administered through Firewall Manager.
- Premium
Hosting plan for Azure Functions that keeps instances pre-warmed to avoid cold starts and supports VNet integration. Executions time out after 30 minutes by default, which host.json can extend.
- URL
The web address of a resource, on which URL-based routing relies.
- Standard deployment type
A Foundry deployment type billed per token that keeps processing of prompts and responses inside the Azure geography of the resource, meeting data residency needs at lower volumes.
- FQDN
The full DNS name of a host, zone included, for example www.contoso.com.
Related terms
- Azure Firewall Premium
Top Azure Firewall SKU, which builds on Standard with IDPS, TLS inspection, URL filtering and web categories; using those features requires a firewall policy on the Premium tier.
- Web content filtering policy
Allows or blocks URLs, FQDNs or web categories in Global Secure Access, but does nothing until a security profile includes it. The V2 model calls it web filtering.