Access Control Rule Blocking Actions

The Block and Block with reset actions deny traffic without further inspection of any kind.

Diagram showing that the Block and Block with reset rule actions deny traffic, and you cannot inspect blocked traffic with a file, intrusion, or network discovery policy.

Block with reset rules reset the connection, with the exception of web requests met with an HTTP response page. This is because the response page, which you configure to appear when the system blocks web requests, cannot display if the connection is immediately reset.

For more information, see Configure HTTP Response Pages.