Mark McIntyre <markmcintyre@spamcop.net> writes:
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> Graham Murray wrote:[color=green]
>> "Gaz" <gazter@msn.com> writes:
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>>> SPI is to do with internet packet inspection, is it not???[/color]
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>> Google would seem to indicate otherwise. The first hit on the query
>> 'SPI' returns the Wikipedia article for 'Serial Peripheral Interface'[/color]
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> Good example of why not to rely on websearches alone. SPI with respect
> to firewalls is Stateful Packet Inspection.[/color]

Yet the original post did not mention firewalls, it mentioned
routers. It is perfectly conceivable that a router might use an SPI bus
as a data highway between 2 or more of its chips.