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PC Concepts Full-Rated Router ADSL2+ User Manual

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Black List Status: If you want the device to maintain and use a black list, click Enable. Click

Disable if you do not want to maintain a list. Black List Period(min): Specifies the number of

minutes that a computer's IP address will remain on the black list (i.e., all traffic originating

from that computer will be blocked from passing through any interface on the ADSL/Ethernet

router).

Attack Protection: Click the Enable radio button to use the built-in firewall protections that

prevent the following common types of attacks:

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IP Spoofing: Sending packets over the WAN interface using an internal LAN IP

address as the source address.

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Tear Drop: Sending packets that contain overlapping fragments

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Smurf and Fraggle: Sending packets that use the WAN or LAN IP broadcast address

as the source address.