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What (who) is packet filter - definition

FIREWALL PROGRAM FOR BSD SYSTEMS
PacketFilter; Packet Filter; Pf (firewall); Pf firewall; /dev/pf

Firewall (computing)         
  • An illustration of a network-based firewall within a network
  • Flow of [[network packet]]s through [[Netfilter]], a [[Linux kernel]] module
NETWORK SECURITY SYSTEM THAT MONITORS AND CONTROLS INCOMING AND OUTGOING NETWORK TRAFFIC BASED ON PREDETERMINED SECURITY RULES
Network layer firewall; Packet filter; Packet filtering; Firewall (networking); Firewall (computer); Network firewall; Host-based firewall; Deep packet filtering; Firewall software; Computer firewall
In computing, a firewall is a network security system that monitors and controls incoming and outgoing network traffic based on predetermined security rules. A firewall typically establishes a barrier between a trusted network and an untrusted network, such as the Internet.
data packet         
FORMATTED UNIT OF DATA CARRIED BY ALL PACKET-SWITCHING NETWORKS
Data packet; Data packets; Packet (information technology); Packet technology; Packet (computing); Packet (network); Packet data
Network packet         
FORMATTED UNIT OF DATA CARRIED BY ALL PACKET-SWITCHING NETWORKS
Data packet; Data packets; Packet (information technology); Packet technology; Packet (computing); Packet (network); Packet data
In telecommunications and computer networking, a network packet is a formatted unit of data carried by a packet-switched network. A packet consists of control information and user data; the latter is also known as the payload.

Wikipedia

PF (firewall)

PF (Packet Filter, also written pf) is a BSD licensed stateful packet filter, a central piece of software for firewalling. It is comparable to netfilter (iptables), ipfw, and ipfilter.

PF was developed for OpenBSD, but has been ported to many other operating systems.