If you want to prevent a hacker from gaining access to your computer and all its files, then you need to install a firewall. A ‘firewall’ secures your computer system by isolating it from the Internet. Its purpose is to inspect and control all data running between your computer and the Internet. It handles this [...]
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Why You Need A Firewall
January 29th, 2010 · Comments Off · Uncategorized
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How Does A Firewall Work?
January 27th, 2010 · Comments Off · Uncategorized
You may want to read the previous post first to get a handle on what packets are. This article will then make more sense for you. There are two main types of firewall: Packet Web Filter Application Level Gateway A Packet Web Filter has no knowledge of the existence of sessions. So it deals with [...]
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