This isn't going to help if the discussed is essentially tunneled through the Nat using legit protocols and traffic to the vulnerable service, where most of the

This isn't going to help if the discussed is essentially tunneled through the Nat using legit protocols and traffic to the vulnerable service, where most of the attacks actually happen on the software side. How do you architect a firewall to accurately know if the application layer traffic is legit or not? It might not even be possible to fully implement something like this. Sounds complicated already. There is a reason firewalls are complex because the application landscape is extremely complex. Source: Am Sr. Systems Engineer.