NewAllowList creates a new firewall's allowlist based on the given public key list.

NegativeIsRecognizedCachePeriod is the time period the cache maintains the negative result of the last `IsRecognized` checks.

PositiveIsRecognizedCachePeriod is the time period the cache maintains the positive result of the last `IsRecognized` checks.

Disabled is an empty Firewall implementation enforcing no rules on the connection.

EmptyAllowList represents an empty firewall allowlist.

AllowList represents a list of operator public keys that are not checked against the firewall rules and are always valid peers.

Application defines functionalities for operator verification in the firewall.