https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/General-Topics/what-is-Noise-rule-and-Noise-Traffic/m-p/49877#M9800 <P>Let us know what is Noise Rule and Noise Traffic. How its impact firewall.</P> Fri, 05 Apr 2019 07:18:47 GMT Vinayakkumar_An 2019-04-05T07:18:47Z https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/General-Topics/what-is-Noise-rule-and-Noise-Traffic/m-p/49877#M9800 <P>Let us know what is Noise Rule and Noise Traffic. How its impact firewall.</P> Fri, 05 Apr 2019 07:18:47 GMT https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/General-Topics/what-is-Noise-rule-and-Noise-Traffic/m-p/49877#M9800 Vinayakkumar_An 2019-04-05T07:18:47Z https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/General-Topics/what-is-Noise-rule-and-Noise-Traffic/m-p/49968#M9819 "Noise" in this context is traffic the firewall sees and logs, but isn't relevant.<BR />One example is SMB traffic sent from Windows machines to the broadcast address.<BR />It's not relevant as it doesn't pass thru the gateway, but creates extra logs that make it more difficult to find interesting traffic in the logs.<BR />Noise rules suppress this traffic from appearing in the logs (i.e. Have a track of None).<BR />Everyone has a different definition of noise. Sat, 06 Apr 2019 02:21:29 GMT https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/General-Topics/what-is-Noise-rule-and-Noise-Traffic/m-p/49968#M9819 PhoneBoy 2019-04-06T02:21:29Z