An administrator appends a new rule to the bottom of a firewall's rule list to permit SSH
from the Admin LAN. The existing list already ends with a rule reading
Any / Any / Any / DENY .
What will happen to the Admin LAN's SSH traffic, and why?

Question

An administrator appends a new rule to the  bottom  of a firewall's rule list to permit SSH
      from the Admin LAN. The existing list already ends with a rule reading
       Any / Any / Any / DENY . 
       What will happen to the Admin LAN's SSH traffic, and why?

Answer

It will still be blocked, because rules are evaluated top-down and the default-deny rule matches first.

Answer

It will be allowed, because the last rule in the list is the one the firewall applies.

Answer

It will be allowed only for established sessions, because default-deny applies to new connections alone.

Answer

It will be allowed, because a more specific rule always overrides a broader one regardless of position.

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