A firewall is mostly used to look after the boundary of an organization’s network connection when at the same time it is linked to other networks also.
The explicit features of firewalls include sorting the data and providing the information if the data is not secure to access, prompt immediately if a threat is felt, and it should be user friendly so that it can be controlled and installed easily.
Not only the Firewall hardware provides security to the network connection but they also act as a shield against the threat that comes from them. For a firewall to work accurately, there must be a constant check on the whole organizational network security structural design.
Firewall is not designed to stop the threat that comes from internal network or through viruses or via floppy disk drive that are being used by employees, one need to install anti-virus kit on each individual computer opting the “virus scan” request each time any external data is inserted.
The advancement of modern computers and the omnipresent internet also come with many disadvantages. One of these is the spread of computer viruses such as Trojan, Lovebug, and a lot more. As a computer owner who likes to go online and surf the net, y
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