Access Lists: Tricks of the Trade Access lists are a general Cisco mechanism that allows you to be selective in the traffic you forward -- more selective than routing alone. They operate on individual packets, which distinguishes them from the new techniques of traffic engineering. Access lists (and their more powerful cousins, such as route maps) are designed to let you specify selective handling for certain traffic, beyond the rules established by traditional destination-based forwarding. Become a ZONE Subscriber and gain access to all Study Guides Author: Mark Poplar & Howard C. Berkowitz Technical Level: CCIE™ and CCIE Security & CSS1™ Date of Issue: 07-01-2023 Rating:   3 of 5    Table of Contents  Tutorial  3 Sample Study Questions  25 Study Questions  Lab Scenario Abstract  Lab Scenario Return to Study Guides