packet filtering — A process used by bridges to limit protocol specific traffic to one segment of the network, to isolate e mail domains, and to perform other traffic control functions. The network administrator sets the packet filtering specifications for each… … Dictionary of networking
Packet capture — is the act of capturing data packets crossing a computer network. Deep packet capture (DPC) is the act of capturing, at full network speed, complete network packets (header and payload) crossing a network with a high traffic rate. Once captured… … Wikipedia
Deep packet inspection — (DPI) (also called complete packet inspection and Information eXtraction IX ) is a form of computer network packet filtering that examines the data part (and possibly also the header) of a packet as it passes an inspection point, searching for… … Wikipedia
Ingress filtering — In computer networking, ingress filtering is a technique used to make sure that incoming packets are actually from the networks that they claim to be from. Contents 1 Problem 2 Solution 3 Networks 4 See also … Wikipedia
Berkeley Packet Filter — The Berkeley Packet Filter or BPF provides, on some Unix like systems, a raw interface to data link layers, permitting raw link layer packets to be sent and received. In addition, if the driver for the network interface supports promiscuous mode … Wikipedia
Windows Filtering Platform — (WFP) is a set of system services and an API included in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 that allows applications to tie into the packet processing and filtering pipeline of the new network stack. It provides features such as integrated… … Wikipedia
Martian packet — A Martian packet is an IP packet which specifies a source or destination address that is reserved for special use by Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) and cannot actually originate as claimed or be delivered.[1] Martian packets commonly… … Wikipedia
Bogon filtering — A bogon is a bogus IP address, and an informal name for an IP packet on the public Internet that claims to be from an area of the IP address space reserved, but not yet allocated or delegated by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) or a … Wikipedia
Firewall (computing) — This article is about the network security device. For other uses, see Firewall. An illustration of where a firewall would be located in a network … Wikipedia
Netfilter — Development status Active Type firewall tools for Linux. License GNU General Public License Website http://www.netfilter.org/ … Wikipedia
Firewall — A firewall is an integrated collection of security measures designed to prevent unauthorized electronic access to a networked computer system. It is also a device or set of devices configured to permit, deny, encrypt, decrypt, or proxy all… … Wikipedia
