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# NEFilterControlVerdict

The result from a filter control provider.

```
class NEFilterControlVerdict
```

## Topics

### Creating control verdicts

[`+  allowVerdictWithUpdateRules:`](/documentation/NetworkExtension/NEFilterControlVerdict/allow(withUpdateRules:))

Create a verdict that indicates to the system that all of the flow’s data should be allowed to pass to its final destination, and that the filtering rules have been updated.

[`+  dropVerdictWithUpdateRules:`](/documentation/NetworkExtension/NEFilterControlVerdict/drop(withUpdateRules:))

Create a verdict that indicates to the system that all of the flow’s data should be dropped, and that the filtering rules have been updated.

[`+  updateRules`](/documentation/NetworkExtension/NEFilterControlVerdict/updateRules())

Create a verdict that indicates to the system that the filtering rules have been updated, and that the Filter Data Provider needs to make a decision about the flow’s data.

## Relationships

### Conforms To

[`CustomDebugStringConvertible`](/documentation/Swift/CustomDebugStringConvertible)

[`Equatable`](/documentation/Swift/Equatable)

[`NSObjectProtocol`](/documentation/ObjectiveC/NSObjectProtocol)

[`CustomStringConvertible`](/documentation/Swift/CustomStringConvertible)

[`Hashable`](/documentation/Swift/Hashable)

[`NSCoding`](/documentation/Foundation/NSCoding)

[`CVarArg`](/documentation/Swift/CVarArg)

[`NSSecureCoding`](/documentation/Foundation/NSSecureCoding)

[`NSCopying`](/documentation/Foundation/NSCopying)

### Inherits From

[`NEFilterNewFlowVerdict`](/documentation/NetworkExtension/NEFilterNewFlowVerdict)

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