ZyWALL 2 and ZyWALL 2WE
1.The packet travels from the firewall's LAN to the WAN.
2.The packet is evaluated against the interface's existing outbound access list, and the packet is permitted (a denied packet would simply be dropped at this point).
3.The packet is inspected by a firewall rule to determine and record information about the state of the packet's connection. This information is recorded in a new state table entry created for the new connection. If there is not a firewall rule for this packet and it is not an attack, then The default action for packets not matching following rules field (see Figure
4.Based on the obtained state information, a firewall rule creates a temporary access list entry that is inserted at the beginning of the WAN interface's inbound extended access list. This temporary access list entry is designed to permit inbound packets of the same connection as the outbound packet just inspected.
5.The outbound packet is forwarded out through the interface.
6.Later, an inbound packet reaches the interface. This packet is part of the connection previously established with the outbound packet. The inbound packet is evaluated against the inbound access list, and is permitted because of the temporary access list entry previously created.
7.The packet is inspected by a firewall rule, and the connection's state table entry is updated as necessary. Based on the updated state information, the inbound extended access list temporary entries might be modified, in order to permit only packets that are valid for the current state of the connection.
8.Any additional inbound or outbound packets that belong to the connection are inspected to update the state table entry and to modify the temporary inbound access list entries as required, and are forwarded through the interface.
9.When the connection terminates or times out, the connection's state table entry is deleted and the connection's temporary inbound access list entries are deleted.
13.5.2 Stateful Inspection and the ZyWALL
Additional rules may be defined to extend or override the default rules. For example, a rule may be created which will:
i.Block all traffic of a certain type, such as IRC (Internet Relay Chat), from the LAN to the Internet.
ii.Allow certain types of traffic from the Internet to specific hosts on the LAN.
iii.Allow access to a Web server to everyone but competitors.
iv.Restrict use of certain protocols, such as Telnet, to authorized users on the LAN.
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