Whats the best way to match traffic originating from the MikroTik itself? I have a default drop rule at the bottom of my input chain, but I need a way to allow mikrotik traffic itself.
I thought about src-address-type set to local, but was curious if anyone else had suggestions?
For that traffic the output chain is the right one. Allowing router to freely call home is also not the safest way. Use the same principles for output chain like for input chain.