Packet Filtering
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What is Packet Filtering?
Packet filtering is the most basic type of firewall technique, where each packet is inspected individually against a set of rules based on attributes like source IP, destination IP, port numbers, and protocol. If a packet matches an allow rule, it passes through; if it matches a deny rule or no rule at all, it is dropped. Packet filtering is fast and lightweight, but provides limited protection since it does not consider the state of the connection or the content of the data.
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Packet Filtering: common questions
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Is this Packet Filtering tutorial for beginners?
It is lesson 148 of 195 in the free Network Engineer roadmap, in stage 20, Encryption Basics. If you are new to Network Engineer, start from stage 1 and come back here in order; if you already know the earlier stages, this lesson stands on its own.