list_central_dnat_policies

What list_central_dnat_policies does on Fortimanager

AI agents call list_central_dnat_policies to retrieve information from Fortimanager without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

Why list_central_dnat_policies is rated Low

The 'list_' prefix is a strong indicator of a Read operation that queries and retrieves data. DNAT (Destination Network Address Translation) policy listing would retrieve existing security configuration settings without modifying, deleting, or executing anything. The blast radius of misuse is low—an attacker could enumerate policies but cannot modify firewall rules or cause operational harm through enumeration alone.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'list_central_dnat_policies' uses the verb 'list', which retrieves or queries data without side effects. The description is empty, but naming conventions strongly indicate this is a read-only operation that returns a list of existing DNAT policies.

The rule that runs list_central_dnat_policies safely

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Fortimanager, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For list_central_dnat_policies, this is the rule to start with:

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "list_central_dnat_policies": {}
  }
}

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