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It sounds like you are saying that the ASA is wide open such that anything from outside to inside is permitted. If this is really what you mean, and you want to duplicate that on the sonicwall, all you have to do is change one permit rule.<br />
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Go to Firewall -&gt; click the Matrix radio button -&gt; select From WAN to LAN<br />
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The very last rule you see should be a DENY rule for any any. Simply uncheck the Enable box, and this should give you what you want.
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It sounds like you are saying that the ASA is wide open such that anything from outside to inside is permitted. If this is really what you mean, and you want to duplicate that on the sonicwall, all you have to do is change one permit rule.

Go to Firewall -> click the Matrix radio button -> select From WAN to LAN

The very last rule you see should be a DENY rule for any any. Simply uncheck the Enable box, and this should give you what you want.

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That's fine, but how do you configure an allow any/any rule on the SonicWALL?
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That's fine, but how do you configure an allow any/any rule on the SonicWALL?

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Have an ASA that has all ports open from the outside to an inside host. The ASA is failing, so trying to figure out how to do the same thing on a SonicWALL TZ 215. <br />
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ASA: access-list outside-acl extended permit ip any host outside IP<br />
SonicWALL: ?
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Have an ASA that has all ports open from the outside to an inside host. The ASA is failing, so trying to figure out how to do the same thing on a SonicWALL TZ 215. 

ASA: access-list outside-acl extended permit ip any host outside IP
SonicWALL: ?

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Cisco PIX is a dedicated hardware firewall appliance; the Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) is a firewall and anti-malware security appliance that provides unified threat management and protection the PIX does not. Other Cisco devices and systems include routers, switches, storage networking, wireless and the software and hardware for PIX Firewall Manager (PFM), PIX Device Manager (PDM) and Adaptive Security Device Manager (ASDM).

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Hardware-based firewalls provide more sophisticated protection for inbound and outbound traffic than the simple Windows software firewall or the basic NAT firewalls found in routers. These devices implement techniques such as stateful packet inspection, deep packet inspection, and content filtering; and may include built-in antivirus and anti-malware protection.