statefull inspection FW and hackers

From: Juan B <juanbabi@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:04:39 -0700 (PDT)

Hi,

Can someone please explain why statefull inspection Fw helps against hackers? I know that those FW keep track of the sessions but I dont understand how the feature might help against a port scan from the internet or other ways to mitigate hackers attacks.

Thanks

Juan

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