Discovering Computers ©2016 (Shelly Cashman Series) (MindTap Course List)
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Author: Misty E. Vermaat, Susan L. Sebok, Steven M. Freund, Jennifer T. Campbell, Mark Frydenberg
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Chapter 5, Problem 6PS
Program Plan Intro
Firewall:
Firewall acts as a filter among the networks of a company from outside world internet.
- It is a hardware or software that protects the resources of one network from another network.
- It helps to protect the data by controlling the data packet that comes to the network or goes from the network.
- It identifies the information that is allowed to enter the company network.
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