I created this account just to tell you, that this "sys-firewall" is literally absolutely not working.
It's not only the area-blocking- it's even the exact IP-Adr. blocking π
So I created an IP Rule to block an IP Adress and can access my websites or ping the server without any problems.
The same happens with area rules, where you can use different VPNs to check how it behave- it's really sad, because many of us are getting attacked by fricking chinese or russian bots and there is almost no easy way to block this.
The sys firewall was kinda my last hope.
Maybe, you will fix it- it is maybe one of the most important things if you are hosting websites π ..
background information:
- tried to reload/restart the sys firewall
- tried to reboot the server
both didn't helped
btw, on my server ufw is running; but this shouldn't be a problem; ports