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(Solved): SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) is the standard protocol for transferring mail between hosts o ...
SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) is the standard protocol for transferring mail between hosts over TCP. A TCP connection is set up between a user agent and a server program. The server listens on TCP port 25 for incoming connection requests. The user end of the connection is on a TCP port number above 1023. Suppose you wish to build a packet filter rule set allowing inbound and outbound SMTP traffic. You generate the following rule set. Describe the effect of each rule with justification.