Network Packet Rule Question

[always_working]

In Kaspersky Premium, when creating a network packet rule, what's the difference between (direction action) outbound or inbound (packet) and just outbound or inbound?

I checked the online documentation and couldn't find a definitive answer.

Thanks for any help!

[harlan4096]

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[always_working]

12 minutes ago, harlan4096 said:

Welcome to Kaspersky Community.

 

Did You check here?

 

https://support.kaspersky.com/help/Kaspersky/Win21.14/en-US/201830.htm

I did but I don't fully understand it yet.  So blocking inbound or outbound blocks the connection entirely so that no data can pass through whatsoever?  Would this be the same as "closing the port" in that direction?

Is that opposed to blocking any data packets in that no connection is allowed at all in the former?  Wouldn't that be the same thing really since data packets are so small?

I'm still learning!

[always_working]

18 hours ago, always_working said:

I did but I don't fully understand it yet.  So blocking inbound or outbound blocks the connection entirely so that no data can pass through whatsoever?  Would this be the same as "closing the port" in that direction?

Is that opposed to blocking any data packets in that no connection is allowed at all in the former?  Wouldn't that be the same thing really since data packets are so small?

I'm still learning!

Let me rephrase - if one blocks traffic either outbound or inbound, to my current understanding, blocking data packets in that direction would be redundant since traffic is already blocked anyway.

What am I missing?  What's the difference between the two?