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[16 May 2009 | 74 Comments | 39,390 views]
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Regulating which packets can go between two sites is a fairly simple concept on the surface- it shouldn’t be and isn’t difficult for any router or firewall to decide simply not to forward all packets from a particular site. Unfortunately, the reason most people connect to the Internet is so that they may exchange packets with remote sites. Developing a plan that allows the right packets through at the right time and denies the malicious packets is a thorny task which is far beyond this article’s scope. A few …