firewall_policy6_list

What firewall_policy6_list does on FortiOS 7 6 X MCP Server

AI agents call firewall_policy6_list to retrieve information from FortiOS 7 6 X MCP Server without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

Why firewall_policy6_list is rated Low

This tool retrieves firewall policy configuration data but does not modify or delete policies. While the information returned could be sensitive (firewall rules are often confidential), the action itself is read-only. Severity is medium rather than low because firewall policies can reveal network security posture and sensitive infrastructure details to an unauthorized actor if misused by a compromised agent.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'firewall_policy6_list' and description 'List all IPv6 firewall policies' indicate a retrieval operation with the verb 'list', which queries and retrieves existing data without modification.

The rule that runs firewall_policy6_list safely

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and FortiOS 7 6 X MCP Server, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For firewall_policy6_list, this is the rule to start with:

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "firewall_policy6_list": {}
  }
}

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