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Mahmoud_Yaseen_AZHero
May 24, 2025Copper Contributor
Azure NSG Challenge : When NIC and Subnet Rules Collide
Imagine this real-world scenario: 🔹 A VM needs to connect outbound via RDP (TCP 3389) to an external server for management. 🔹 The NIC-level NSG allows outbound RDP, ensuring the VM can initiate ...
Walli
May 24, 2025Copper Contributor
Since the NIC-level NSG explicitly permits outbound RDP, the VM can successfully initiate the session. However, given the inbound deny rule at the subnet level, the return traffic from the external server would be blocked, effectively disrupting the connection. Would you say the subnet-level inbound restriction is primarily intended to mitigate external threats, or is it designed around a specific network segmentation strategy?
- Mahmoud_Yaseen_AZHeroMay 27, 2025Copper Contributor
NSG is a Stateful F.W allows RDP response session, NSG on the subnet will not interfere with this because it denies inbound if initiated from external networks