Netopia R7200 - Manual (Page 181)

Security 14-31
and a packet goes through these rules destined for FTP, the packet would for ward through the first rule (WWW),
go through the second rule (FTP), and match this rule; the packet is allowed through.
If you had this filter set for example....
Allow WWW access;
Allow FTP access;
Deny FTP access;
Deny all other packets.
and a packet goes through these rules destined for FTP, the packet would for ward through the first filter rule
(WWW), match the second rule (FTP), and the packet is allowed through. Even though the next rule is to deny all
FTP traffic, the FTP packet will never make it to this rule.
Binary representation
It is easiest when doing filtering to conver t the IP address and mask in question to binar y. This will allow you to
per form the logical AND to determine whether a packet matches a filter rule.
Logical AND function
When a packet is compared (in most cases) a logical AND function is per formed. First the IP addresses and
subnet masks are conver ted to binar y and then combined with AND. The rules for the logical use of AND are as
follows:
0 AND 0 = 0
0 AND 1 = 0
1 AND 0 = 0
1 AND 1 = 1
For example:
Filter rule:
Deny
IP: 163.176.1.15BINARY: 10100011.10110000.00000001.00001111
Mask: 255.255.255.255BINARY:11111111.11111111.11111111.11111111
Incoming Packet:
IP 163.176.1.15BINARY: 10100011.10110000.00000001.00001111
If you put the incoming packet and subnet mask together with AND, the result is:
10100011.10110000.00000001.00001111
which matches the IP address in the filter rule and the packet is denied.