A firewall is a dedicated appliance, or software running on another computer, which inspects network traffic passing through it, and denies or permits passage based on a set of rules.

A firewall can be considered the single most important piece of equipment in your network to enforce access policies.

This  category will discuss firewalls and related technology in all aspects.

LANs are the basic building blocks of networks. It is something that is important to every network but can just be abused easily. Here, we will teach you how you can secure your switches and network equipment to prevent abuse by malicious users.

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