Yes, they can.
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Network Security Consultants protect a network from outside forces such as malicious spyware. They usually work for companies to protect their assets against hackers through firewalls.
You need the same hardware, firewalls, and antivirus software to protect one computer as you need to protect 25.
Somewhat, but a firewall is NOT a reliable source of security. It seems that firewalls are fairly easy to get around, so if you're being harassed by a hacker, find a program that will find and kick them off instead of simply blocking them. Simply put, firewalls are cheap and just won't do the job against a seasoned hacker.
Firewalls do not protect from viruses. Firewalls can help reduce the chances of being hacked, though an expert hacker might still find a way in. But it will be harder and take more time.
Firewalls protect one computer (or network) from another computer (or network) by imposing limits on how those two computers (or networks) can interact. In one example, you might have several computers in your internal network. You can control them by using telnet. You could use a firewall between your internal network and an external network to prevent a computer in the external network from accessing a computer in the internal network using telnet. Since telnet can be a security risk, blocking external telnet like this is highly appropriate. In another example, you might have a private firewall on your computer. You use the computer to browse other computers using http. You firewall could be configured to ensure that only the processes iexplore.exe or firefox.exe were allowed to use http. This way, if some malicious program, for instance malware.exe, attempted to use http, it would be blocked. Blocking can also be applied to external sites by address. There are many possibilities... Most modern firewalls are extremely complex, because there are many different possible interactions. Some are good, and some are bad.
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It is used to protect the PC from unwanted threats that are harmful for the PC.
Once thought of as a perimeter defense security layer, firewalls are being brought into the infrastructure to protect different segments of the network such as finance, HR and engineering. Using firewalls as part of the internal network security solution will provide additional layers of access control to protect against the organization's sprawling definition of "authorized user," as well as provide attack containment. Adding firewalls to the infrastructure enables enterprises to protect specific resources, forcing users to authenticate themselves as they move from network to network, thereby reducing the risk of unauthorized access to sensitive information. In addition to user containment, internal firewalls add attack containment to the network to prevent damages from spreading in the event that an attack occurs. Examples of effective use of network segmentation include wireless LANs and customer extranets. Placing these users in their own segment, behind their own policy-based firewall, will allow enterprises to contain the users as well as any potential damages that may occur if an attack were to succeed. Rather than buying a separate, physical firewall for every segment, Juniper Networks provides the ability to segment the network through the high physical and virtual port densities of our products. Once thought of as a perimeter defense security layer, firewalls are being brought into the infrastructure to protect different segments of the network such as finance, HR and engineering. Using firewalls as part of the internal network security solution will provide additional layers of access control to protect against the organization's sprawling definition of "authorized user," as well as provide attack containment. Adding firewalls to the infrastructure enables enterprises to protect specific resources, forcing users to authenticate themselves as they move from network to network, thereby reducing the risk of unauthorized access to sensitive information. In addition to user containment, internal firewalls add attack containment to the network to prevent damages from spreading in the event that an attack occurs. Examples of effective use of network segmentation include wireless LANs and customer extranets. Placing these users in their own segment, behind their own policy-based firewall, will allow enterprises to contain the users as well as any potential damages that may occur if an attack were to succeed. Rather than buying a separate, physical firewall for every segment, Juniper Networks provides the ability to segment the network through the high physical and virtual port densities of our products.
Firewalls are to PROTECT your privacy. They keep other computers from contacting yours without your permission and sending viruses to it or accessing private information on your computer.
companies need a firewall to protect their sites from being hacked, not get viruses and from popups.Im not quite sure but i hope it helped.thank you! bye!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!companies need firewalls for(1) Protection from vulnerable services(2)Controlled access to the site systems(3)Concentrated security(4)Enhanced privacy(5)Logging and statistics of network use ,misuse(6)Policy enforcementJoan Mbatudde
The firewall controls what programs can access the internet and what programs from the internet can access the computer what is a firewall ?How does it work? http://computer.howstuffworks.com/computer-internet-security-channel.htm Is a security program which protects your computer from unauthorized access through the Internet. It resides on your PC and filters traffic coming and going from your computer http://www.Microsoft.com/protect/computer/firewall/faq.mspx