Re: Firewalls that generate new packets..

[pkc_mls <pkc_mls () yahoo fr>]

Kelly Robinson a écrit :
> Some firewalls, after receiving a packet, generate a new packet and 
> populate it with data from the original, rather than forwarding the 
> same packet that was received. What are the advantages and 
> disadvantages of this approach? And does anyone have any examples of 
> any firewalls that do this on the market?
>  
depending on where the packet has to be forwarded, sometimes you need to 
change settings (for example fragmentation or mss), so the firewall
needs to rearrange, unfragment the communications.

in most cases you can set how the firewall behaves.
> Thanks
>  
> - k
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