You are correct. It's usually the port. For example, An Arrowpoint can do this.
-- RFC 1149 Compliant ""John Green"" wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED].; > I am reading a document and cannot fully comprehend > what it means. can someone explain, atleast > briefly.... > > it basically talks about network design... > > "the traffic that comes off the router (towards > internal network) is split into following depending > upon the upper layer protocol. > it may go to a firewall for stateful inspection, > it may go to a SSL/gateway doing transport layer/SSL > encryption and proxying, > or it may go to an IPSEC gateway" > > after the traffic emerges from the router interface, > who gets to decide, ie what device decides to send to > the appropriate device (firewall, IPSEC g/w, SSL /g/w) > > as i see the flow, there are 3 paths available to the > traffic after it comes off the router interface. right > ? > > what is the upper layer protocol here ? does it refer > to TCP ? > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Greetings - Send FREE e-cards for every occasion! > http://greetings.yahoo.com Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=36821&t=36815 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
