Some applications can access a network through rawsockets, which gives them control over all aspects of the data they send over the network.
Malicious applications can exploit rawsockets by faking their IP address or send deliberately corrupt messages.
The firewall sends an alert to the management console, if one is being used, the first time a rawsocket is detected.
To allow applications to access the network through rawsockets:
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