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2. Firewall (computing) - Wikipedia

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   In computing, a firewall is a network security system that monitors and controls incoming and outgoing network traffic based on configurable security rules. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] A firewall typically establishes a barrier between a trusted network and an untrusted network, such as the Internet , [ 3 ] or between several VLAN s.

3. Context-based access control - Wikipedia

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   Context-based access control (CBAC) is a feature of firewall software, which intelligently filters TCP and UDP packets based on application layer protocol session information. It can be used for intranets, extranets and internets. [1]

4. Port knocking - Wikipedia

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   In computer networking, port knocking is a method of externally opening ports on a firewall by generating a connection attempt on a set of prespecified closed ports. Once a correct sequence of connection attempts is received, the firewall rules are dynamically modified to allow the host which sent the connection attempts to connect over specific port(s).

5. Using McAfee: Firewalls - AOL Help

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   If the Advanced Menu is enabled click the Lockdown Firewall link in the Home section. If the Basic Menu is enabled click the Lockdown Firewall link in the Common Tasks section. 3. In the Lockdown pane, click the Unlock button. 4. Click the Yes button to confirm that you want to unlock firewall and allow all inbound and outbound traffic.

6. Distributed firewall - Wikipedia

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   A distributed firewall is a security application on a host machine of a network that protects the servers and user machines of its enterprise's networks against unwanted intrusion. A firewall is a system or group of systems ( router , proxy , or gateway ) that implements a set of security rules to enforce access control between two networks to ...

7. Application firewall - Wikipedia

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   An application firewall is a form of firewall that controls input/output or system calls of an application or service. It operates by monitoring and blocking communications based on a configured policy, generally with predefined rule sets to choose from. The two primary categories of application firewalls are network-based and host-based.

8. Egress filtering - Wikipedia

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   Egress filtering may require policy changes and administrative work whenever a new application requires external network access. For this reason, egress filtering is an uncommon feature on consumer and very small business networks. PCI DSS requires outbound filtering to be in place on any server in the cardholder's environment.

9. Stateful firewall - Wikipedia

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   In computing, a stateful firewall is a network-based firewall that individually tracks sessions of network connections traversing it. Stateful packet inspection , also referred to as dynamic packet filtering, [ 1 ] is a security feature often used in non-commercial and business networks.