12-6 CHAPTER 12: CREATING AND USING PACKET FILTERS

Basic Elements of a Packet FilterBefore creating a packet filter, you must decide which part of the packet you want to filter. You can filter Ethernet packets by the destination address, source address, type/length, or some part of the data. You can filter FDDI packets by the destination address, source address, or some part of the data. A packet filter operates on these fields to make filtering decisions. Ethernet and FDDI packet fields are shown in Figure 12-1.

Figure 12-1 Ethernet and FDDI Packet Fields

Destination
Address
(6 octets)
Source Address
(6 octets)
Type/Length
(Ethernet Type field if > 1500;
802.3 Length field if 1500)
0612 14 25
octets
Ethernet Packet
Data
( 64 octets of data can be
examined by the filter)
0612 25
octets
FDDI Packet
Destination
Address
(6 octets)
Source
Address
(6 octets)
Data
( 64 octets of data can be
examined by the filter)