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Originally, the term firewall referred to a construction technique designed to prevent the spread of fire from one room to another, which is obviously not what the Firewall Industry Guide is about! We are talking about Internetwork firewalls, also called Internet firewalls. The term network firewall is typically defined as a system or group of systems that enforces an access-control policy between two networks. It may also be defined as a mechanism used to protect a trusted network from an untrusted network [Kurtz]. Firewalls have become a security "must have" now that so many organizations are connecting their internal networks to external networks such as the Internet
Originally, the term firewall referred to a construction technique designed to prevent the spread of fire from one room to another, which is obviously not what the Firewall Industry Guide is about! We are talking about Internetwork firewalls, also called Internet firewalls. The term network firewall is typically defined as a system or group of systems that enforces an access-control policy between two networks. It may also be defined as a mechanism used to protect a trusted network from an untrusted network [Kurtz]. Firewalls have become a security "must have" now that so many organizations are connecting their internal networks to external networks such as the Internet
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"The biggest problem with highly technical products - like software firewalls - is that they are, ummmm, highly technical. When viewed from a great distance they often seem pretty much alike. And they all claim to be the latest state-of-the-art, most secure and amazing things ever to grace your hard drive. But few actually are. Many are simply junk."
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