Chapter 8

Packet Filters

This chapter covers setting up packet filters for the NETServer. The following topics are included:

Filter overview

Creating new packet filters

Filter rule format

TCP/IP packet filtering

IPX packet filtering

Editing Packet filters

Packet Filters

Packet filters are primarily used in networks that cross organiza- tional or corporate boundaries. They control inter-network data transmission by permitting or denying the passage of specific packets through network interfaces.

When data packets are received by a network interface such as a modem, the packet filter analyzes their header information. After evaluating the data packet against its set of rules, the filter permits it to pass through or discards it. If an IP packet is discarded, the NETServer sends an ICMP “Host Unreachable” message back to the originator.

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