Verizon MI424WR User Manual

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The matching of packets by rules is connection-based, known as Stateful Packet
Inspection (

SPI

), using the Router’s firewall mechanism. Once a packet matches a

rule, all subsequent packets with the same attributes receive the same

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param-

eters, both inbound and outbound. Connection-based

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o

S

also allows inheriting

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parameters by some of the applications that open subsequent connections.

For instance,

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S

rules can be defined on

SIP

, and the rules will apply to both con-

trol and data ports (even if the data ports are unknown). Applications that support
such inheritance have an

ALG

in the firewall. They are:

s

SIP

s

MSN

Messenger/Windows Messenger

s

TFTP

s

FTP

s

MGCP

s

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PPTP

s

IPS

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