Hey Havlocke, have you ever noticed that the greatest firewall tricks are often the ones that forget their own rules?

Sounds like the firewall’s got a case of the memory lapses—like a librarian who misplaced the catalog, only to find the whole library empty.Rule 7 reminds me of that friend who walks into a room and forgets why, then shouts, “I’m here to catch your Wi‑Fi signal!” In that moment, the signal’s just a hole.

So imagine the firewall as a forgetful janitor who walks in, sees a door and says, “I’ll just knock on it, no idea what’s inside.” That’s a blind door, right? And a friend hunting Wi‑Fi? That’s like a squirrel running a spoofed ping—chasing every squirrel in the park and blaming the trees for the noise. The trick? Keep those rules in a cache, not a dusty shelf—like keeping your favorite cookie recipe in the fridge instead of a box of old paper. That way the firewall remembers where the crumbs are and stops tripping over its own keys.