Principles of Information Security
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Author: Michael E. Whitman, Herbert J. Mattord
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Residential/SOHO firewall:
It consist of software on the client’s computer, which is often integrated into the network connection appliance provide by the Internet Service Provider (ISP).
- Residential/SOHO devices are also referred as broadband gateways, which connects the user’s system or LAN (Local Area Network) to the Interworking device...
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