---
title: NEFilterPacketProvider
framework: networkextension
role: symbol
role_heading: Class
path: networkextension/nefilterpacketprovider
---

# NEFilterPacketProvider

A filter provider that evaluates network packets and decides whether to block, allow, or delay the packets.

## Declaration

```swift
class NEFilterPacketProvider
```

## Topics

### Filtering packets

- [packetHandler](networkextension/nefilterpacketprovider/packethandler.md)
- [NEFilterPacketHandler](networkextension/nefilterpackethandler.md)
- [NEFilterPacketContext](networkextension/nefilterpacketcontext.md)
- [NETrafficDirection](networkextension/netrafficdirection.md)
- [NEFilterPacketProvider.Verdict](networkextension/nefilterpacketprovider/verdict.md)

### Delaying packets

- [delayCurrentPacket(_:)](networkextension/nefilterpacketprovider/delaycurrentpacket(_:).md)
- [allow(_:)](networkextension/nefilterpacketprovider/allow(_:).md)

### Instance Properties

- [handler](networkextension/nefilterpacketprovider/handler.md)

## Relationships

### Inherits From

- [NEFilterProvider](networkextension/nefilterprovider.md)

### Conforms To

- [CVarArg](swift/cvararg.md)
- [CustomDebugStringConvertible](swift/customdebugstringconvertible.md)
- [CustomStringConvertible](swift/customstringconvertible.md)
- [Equatable](swift/equatable.md)
- [Hashable](swift/hashable.md)
- [NSObjectProtocol](objectivec/nsobjectprotocol.md)

## See Also

### Data and control providers

- [NEFilterDataProvider](networkextension/nefilterdataprovider.md)
- [NEFilterControlProvider](networkextension/nefiltercontrolprovider.md)
- [NEFilterProvider](networkextension/nefilterprovider.md)