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stateful inspection firewall

stateful inspection firewall definition - telecom
A security firewall that examines packets, notes the port numbers that they use for each connection, and shuts down those ports once the connection is terminated. See also authentication, authorization, firewall, and security.

Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary Copyright © 2008 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
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