# PP098: What Goes On Inside a Firewall?

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Podcast: [Packet Protector](https://stenobird.com/podcast/packet-protector-6781347)
Published: 2026-02-24T19:40:58+00:00
Episode link: https://packetpushers.net/podcasts/packet-protector/pp098-what-goes-on-inside-a-firewall/
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## Resource

On today’s show, we pop the lid off of a firewall (figuratively speaking) to understand what’s inside. We talk about how a packet moves through various packet-processing elements inside a firewall, how header analysis and de-encapsulation work, which hardware component has the biggest impact on performance, why stateful inspection still matters in an age of ... Read more »

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