Netopia R2020 manual Basic IP Packet Components, Basic Protocol Types, Example TCP/UDP Ports

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Security 14-29

Host: A workstation on the Network.

Packet: Unit of communication on the Internet.

Packet Filter: Packet filters allow or deny packets based on source or destination IP addresses, TCP or UDP ports, or the TCP ACK bit.

Port: A number that defines a particular type of service.

Filter Rule: A filter set is comprised of individual filter rules.

Filter Set: A grouping of individual filter rules.

Basic IP Packet Components

All IP packets contain the same basic “header” information, as follows:

Source IP Address

163.176.132.18

 

 

Destination IP Address

163.176.4.27

 

 

Source Port

2541

 

 

Destination Port

80

 

 

Protocol

TCP

 

 

ACK Bit

Yes

 

 

DATA

User Data

 

 

This header information is what the packet filter uses to make filtering decisions. It is important to note that a packet filter does not look into the IP datastream (the User Data from above) to make filtering decisions.

Basic Protocol Types

TCP: Transmission Control Protocol. TCP provides reliable packet delivery and has a retransmission mechanism (so packets are not lost). RFC 793 is the specification for TCP.

UDP: User Datagram Protocol. Unlike TCP, UDP does not guarantee reliable, sequenced packet delivery. If data does not reach its destination, UDP does not re transmit the data. RFC 768 is the specification for UDP.

And there are many more ports defined in the Assigned Addresses RFC.

Example TCP/UDP Ports

TCP Port

Service

UDP Port

Service

 

 

 

 

20/21

FTP

161

SNMP

 

 

 

 

23

Telnet

69

TFTP

 

 

 

 

25

SMTP

387

AURP

 

 

 

 

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Netopia R2020 manual Basic IP Packet Components, Basic Protocol Types, Example TCP/UDP Ports