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IPv4 Access Control Lists (ACLs)
Configuring Extended ACLs
[established] — This option applies only where TCP is the 
configured protocol type. It blocks the synchronizing packet 
associated with establishing a TCP connection in one direction 
on a VLAN while allowing all other IPv4 traffic for the same 
type of connection in the opposite direction. For example, a 
Telnet connect requires TCP traffic to move both ways between 
a host and the target device. Simply applying a deny to inbound 
Telnet traffic on a VLAN would prevent Telnet sessions in either 
direction because responses to outbound requests would be 
blocked. However, by using the established option, inbound 
Telnet traffic arriving in response to outbound Telnet requests 
would be permitted, but inbound Telnet traffic trying to estab-
lish a connection would be denied. 
TCP Control Bits.   In a given ACE for filtering TCP traffic 
you can configure one or more of these options:
[ ack ] — Acknowledgement. 
[ fin ] — Sender finished. 
[ rst ] — Connection reset. 
[ syn ] — TCP control bit: sequence number synchronize.
For more on using TCP control bits, refer to RFC 793.