Companies such as Cisco and other major vendors have introduced a multitude of firewall products that are capable of monitoring traffic using different techniques. Some of today's firewalls can inspect data packets up to Layer 4 (TCP layer). Others can inspect all layers (including the higher layers) and are referred to as deep packet firewalls. This section defines and explains these firewalls.
The three types of inspection methodologies are as follows:
- Deep Packet Layer Inspection.
