A method including receiving, by a first device in communication with a second device in a mesh network, a communication from the second device over a meshnet connection between the first device and the second device; configuring, by the first device, firewall settings associated with the first user device, the firewall settings indicating an access policy associated with processing communications received from the second device; and selectively transmitting, by the first device, the communication to an external device outside the mesh network based at least in part on the access policy. Various other aspects are contemplated.