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{"id":770,"date":"2021-07-17T19:21:08","date_gmt":"2021-07-17T19:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/?p=770"},"modified":"2021-09-11T07:05:52","modified_gmt":"2021-09-11T07:05:52","slug":"what-is-firewall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/networking\/what-is-firewall\/","title":{"rendered":"What is firewall ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"TextHeading\">\n<div class=\"hddn\">\n<h2 id=\"what-is-firewall\" class=\"color-pink\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">What is firewall ?<\/h2>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>A\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/how-to-get-firewall-access-on-android-without-root\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">firewall<\/a>\u00a0is a piece of hardware or software that helps prevent malware and malicious attacks from entering a computer or a network of computers through the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/free-internet-tricks-2017\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Internet<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Firewalls have been a first line of defense in network security for over 25 years. They establish a barrier between secured and controlled internal networks that can be trusted and untrusted outside networks, such as the Internet.<\/li>\n<li>A firewall can be hardware,software or both.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text-center row\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"TextHeading\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"hddn\">\n<h2 id=\"hardware-firewalls\" class=\"color-green\">Hardware firewalls<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Content\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"hddn\">\n<ul>\n<li>Hardware firewalls are systems that are independent of the computers they protect that filter the Internet as information passes into a computer.<\/li>\n<li>Most broadband Internet routers have their own firewall built in.<\/li>\n<li>In general, hardware firewalls work by examining the data that flows in from the Internet and verifying whether that information is safe.<\/li>\n<li>The ZyXEL ZyWALL, which is a Unified Security Gateway with a firewall and other security features.<\/li>\n<li><b>Cost:<\/b>\u00a0$100 to ~$500<\/li>\n<li>NAT, DCHP, Email Notification.<\/li>\n<li>Easier for computers to locally share folders\/Printers.<\/li>\n<li>Additional function available &amp; can protect other devices.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ImageContent\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"hddn\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive center-block aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/networking\/hardware-firewalls.png\" alt=\"zyxel firewall\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"TextHeading\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"hddn\">\n<h2 id=\"software-firewalls\" class=\"color-green\">Software firewalls<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Content\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"hddn\">\n<ul>\n<li>Software firewalls are designed to protect a computer by blocking certain programs from sending and receiving information from a local network or the Internet.<\/li>\n<li>The Windows Firewall, an example of a firewall software program included with Microsoft Windows.<\/li>\n<li><b>Cost:<\/b>\u00a0Free to $30 per computer.<\/li>\n<li>Each machine need to be configured.<\/li>\n<li>Firewall may be interfere with local network sharing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ImageContent\">\n<div class=\"hddn\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive center-block aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.wikitechy.com\/interview-questions\/networking\/software-firewalls.png\" alt=\"Software firewall\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Answer : A firewall is a piece of hardware or 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