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4 Firewalls
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What is a Firewall?
Types of Firewall
Comparison of Firewalls Types
What Firewall Can-and Cannot Block
What is a Firewall?
A device that filters all traffic between a
Types of Firewalls 1
Packet Filtered Gateway
It is the simplest and in some situation the most
effective.
It controls access to packets on the basis of
packet address.
Types of Firewalls 2
Stateful Inspection Firewall
It maintains state information from one packet
to another in the input stream.
It also tracks the sequence of packets &
conditions from one packet to another to thwart
an attack.
Types of Firewalls 3
Application Proxy
It suns pseudo-applications
Packet filters look only at the header of packets,
passing anything to port 25.
Application proxy gateway (bastion host)- a
firewall that simulates the proper effects of an
application so that the application receives only
requests to act properly.
Types of Firewalls 4
Guards
It is a sophisticated firewall
Similar to proxy firewall, receives protocol data
Personal Firewalls
It is an application program that runs on a
workstation to block unwanted traffic, usually
from the network.
It is configured to enforce some policies.
It sums on the computer it is trying to protect.
Network Security / G.Steffen
Comparison of Firewall
Types
environment.
They are targets for penetrators
It exercises only minor control over the content
admitted to the inside.
It does not protect data outside the perimeter
It alone cannot secure an environment