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Graham Murray wrote:[color=blue]
> Mark McIntyre <markmcintyre@spamcop.net> writes:
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>> Graham Murray wrote:[color=darkred]
>>> "Gaz" <gazter@msn.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> SPI is to do with internet packet inspection, is it not???
>>> Google would seem to indicate otherwise. The first hit on the query
>>> 'SPI' returns the Wikipedia article for 'Serial Peripheral Interface'[/color]
>>
>> 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.[/color]

As far as consumers are concerned, routers *are* firewalls. It is after
all one of their chief selling points. Indeed I doubt you'll find a
single router advert or marketing blurb that doesn't mention its
firewall capabilities.

Plus it was clear from the context that he was asking about selling
points of routers. I can't concieve of the serial interface being a
selling point, whereas stateful packet inspection is very often listed
as a feature.
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> It is perfectly conceivable that a router might use an SPI bus
> as a data highway between 2 or more of its chips.[/color]

It is, but I think you're digging a deeper hole! :-)