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Types of Firewall and DMZ Architectures

In the world of expensive commercial firewalls (the world in which I earn my living), the term "firewall" nearly always denotes a single computer or dedicated hardware device with multiple network interfaces. This definition can apply not only to expensive rack-mounted behemoths, but also to much lower-end solutions: network interface cards are cheap, as are PCs in general.
This is different from the old days, when a single computer typically couldn't keep up with the processor overhead required to inspect all ingoing and outgoing packets for a large network. In other words, routers, not computers, used to be one's first line of defense against network attacks.read more.

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