Quick question re Access-lists Outside & Inside

[darrenriley5]

New to networking so just need someone to confirm this please regarding ASA firwall. If I have created an access-list on the outside interface which allows an outside device to to create a connection to a specific ip address and port on the inside do I also need to create an entry on the inside interface access-list to allow the return traffic?

Many Thanks

Darren

[handsy]

Short answer: No you don't

Long answer: Cisco ASA firewalls are stateful, therefore when a connection is built in 1 direction, the other direction is automatically allowed. Also, a connection iniating from inside (high security interface) to outside (low security) is automatically allowed through so long as an accompanying NAT rule is in place.

Hope this helps :)

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