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Packet filtering

nounid 3494·updated May 9, 2026
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Controlling access to a network by analyzing the attributes of the incoming and outgoing packets and either letting them pass, or denying them, based on a list of rules

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Entity Type

Control92%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
Packet filterings
possessive
Packet filtering's
pluralpossessive
Packet filterings'

Framework definitions

ISACA Cybersecurity Glossary1 senseview framework →
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Controlling access to a network by analyzing the attributes of the incoming and outgoing packets and either letting them pass, or denying them, based on a list of rules
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
Controlling access to a network by analyzing the attributes of the incoming and outgoing packets and either letting them pass, or denying them, based on a list of rules
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