Chapter 6, Problem 11RQ

Explanation of Solution

Commercial-grade firewall appliance:

It is a firewall, which is entirely autonomous from user computers. It executes on the firmware of a switch, and it is sustained through a straight connection to the switch.

• Using the connection, it can be organized to block and let various kinds of network traffic.

Commercial-grade firewall system:

It basically executes as software on user computers. It is different from commercial-grade firewall appliance, because it permits and avoids various kind of network traffic from incoming and outgoing over a network connection...