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Firewall Tutorial

General firewall terms
Note:
Breakwater Basic Firewall (see
use of the packet filter support and can be used in addition to filtersets
Filter rule: A filter set is comprised of individual filter rules.
Filter set: A grouping of individual filter rules.
Firewall: A component or set of components that restrict access between a protected network and the
Internet, or between two networks.
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.
Port: A number that defines a particular type of service.

Basic IP packet components

All IP packets contain the same basic header information, as follows:
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 data stream (the User Data from above) to make filtering deci-
sions.

Basic protocol types

TCP: Transmission Control Protocol. TCP provides reliable packet delivery and has a retransmission mech-
anism (so packets are not lost). RFC 793 is the specification for TCP.
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"BreakWater Basic Firewall" on page
Source IP Address
Destination IP Address
Source Port
Destination Port
Protocol
DATA
163.176.132.18
163.176.4.27
2541
80
TCP
User Data
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