Huawei Cloud Firewall

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Access policies

Access control policies support IP and domain rules, while IP address, service, and domain name groups can simplify rule management.huaweicloud.com · read 9 Oct 2026

Antivirus

Professional edition antivirus checks access via HTTP, SMTP, POP3, FTP, IMAP4, and SMB.huaweicloud.com · read 9 Oct 2026

Deployment and support

CFW is purchased and managed through the Huawei Cloud console, and Huawei links product documentation, after-sales support, and self-service from its product pages.huaweicloud.com · read 9 Oct 2026

EIP protection

After EIP details are synchronized and protection is enabled, CFW checks cloud asset security and can protect external services within seconds.huaweicloud.com · read 9 Oct 2026

Integrations

The product page names Log Tank Service (LTS), SecMaster, Cloud Trace Service (CTS), and Simple Message Notification (SMN) as collaborating cloud services.huaweicloud.com · read 9 Oct 2026

Intended users

Huawei describes standard as suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises and professional as suitable for large and medium-sized enterprises with internal network security needs.support.huaweicloud.com · read 9 Oct 2026

Inter-VPC protection

Professional edition monitors and controls traffic between VPCs and provides asset protection, access control, traffic analysis, and intrusion prevention.huaweicloud.com · read 9 Oct 2026

Logging and alerts

CFW records attack, access-control, and traffic logs, and can send IPS attack logs and excessive-traffic warnings through SMN by email or SMS.huaweicloud.com · read 9 Oct 2026

Multi-account management

For accounts managed by an organization, CFW supports unified asset protection for EIPs belonging to member accounts.huaweicloud.com · read 9 Oct 2026

Plan limits

Both editions show 7-day log storage; standard includes 20 EIPs and 10 Mbit/s peak Internet-border traffic, while professional includes 50 EIPs, 50 Mbit/s, and 2 VPCs.huaweicloud.com · read 9 Oct 2026

Purpose

Cloud Firewall is a cloud-native firewall that protects Internet and VPC borders with intrusion detection and prevention, access control, traffic analysis, and log auditing.support.huaweicloud.com · read 9 Oct 2026

Scale and resilience

Huawei says CFW supports protection bandwidth up to 200 Gbit/s and uses clustered or redundant components to continue service if a single node fails.huaweicloud.com · read 9 Oct 2026

Threat defense

CFW supports virtual patches, custom IPS signatures, reverse shell defense, and sensitive directory scan defense.huaweicloud.com · read 9 Oct 2026

Trust and privacy

Huawei Cloud's Trust Center states compliance with EU GDPR and provides security, compliance, privacy, and data-protection resources.huaweicloud.com · read 9 Oct 2026

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