Packet processing
The following figure shows the forwarding pipeline stages for processing of incoming IPv6 packets. Incoming IPv6 packets are processed by IPv6 (in) and IPv4 (in), and IPv4 (out) firewalls.
The following figure shows the reverse pipeline stages for processing incoming IPv4 packets. Outgoing IPv4 packets are processed by the IPv4 (in), and IPv6 (in) and IPv6 (out) firewalls.