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Re-introducing Forward Proxy as AWS Network Firewall Functionality

AWS Network Firewall now includes explicit forward proxy functionality, maintaining all existing filtering capabilities and using a single security policy for both explicit proxy and transparent firewall.

AWS Network Firewall now includes explicit forward proxy functionality. Previously, the Network Firewall proxy was a standalone product separate from the transparent firewall, using its own proxy security policy. Based on customer feedback, the explicit proxy is now reintroduced as a feature of Network Firewall. With this launch, you can configure Network Firewall with your existing firewall policy in a new no-source-preservation deployment, using it as an explicit proxy with all existing features, including managed rule groups, active threat defense, Geo-IP filtering, URL and domain category filtering, and container attribute-based rules for Amazon EKS and Amazon ECS. You can create a single security policy and use it for both explicit proxy and transparent firewall functionalities. Currently available in the US East (Ohio) region for testing environments. No-source-preservation Network Firewall is free during the public preview.

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