Incoming packets must be legitimate responses to requests from internal hosts. Unsolicited packets are blocked unless permitted specifically. SPI can also include the capability to recognize and filter out specific types of attacks such as DoS.
Stateful packet inspection
Yes it offers the staeful inspection.
Stateful Inspection. A stateful inspection firewall uses a technique known as stateful packet filtering to keep track of communication channels. This is different when compared to basic firewalls. Once the packet and connection has been sent, a normal firewall will not remember the communication channel, whereas the stateful inspection firewall will. This also proves useful to protect connectionless communication protocols.
Stateful packet inspection
Access is permitted only if it is a legitimate response to a request from an internal host.
Packet Filtering:permits or denies traffic based onsource/destination IP addresses, or TCP/UDP port numbers usingAccess Control Lists (ACLs)Stateful Packet Inspection:Tracks TCP and UDP sessions in a flowtable, using the Adaptive Security Algorithm.
The method you are referring to is called SPI - Stateful Packet Inspection. A firewall employing SPI is commonly called a stateful firewall.
Stateful inspection works at Network Layer . Many Thanks, Chinmoy Roy
It will protect your computer from Malicious programs,hackers .since it will keep an eye on each packet that is moving through the network.It will check the header of the packet,if it is reliable it allow the packet to pass. with love swaroop
A network hub absconds with any stateful packet inspection (SPI), so it won't act as a firewall.
It permits incoming packets that are legitimate responses to requests from internal hosts.
Stateful Packet Inspection of the traffic entering the device. It cannot inspect on outbound traffic.