Firewalls Why is a firewall valuable?
Date Submitted: 09/09/2006 22:54:18
Category: / Science & Technology / Computers and Cybernetics
Length: 2 pages (666 words)
Category: / Science & Technology / Computers and Cybernetics
Length: 2 pages (666 words)
CSI 120-74 Business Data Networks and Communications
Karin Bean
Assignment 8
November 28, 2004
Firewalls
Why is a firewall valuable?
Many Corporations are using computers that are connected to communication networks, such as intranets, extranets, and the Internet. Sensitive corporation data is transferred back and fourth between different sites and there is a big thread of electronic attacks. Because so many people have access to the data, a corporation has to protect its assets (data, software, etc.). Furthermore, …
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…not protect everything
Firewalls do not protect against viruses, there can still be threads that viruses attach to e-mail and could get into the system. Besides firewalls, there has to be other security measures such as virus protection, user passwords, limited access to data, and encryption and authentication of data, as well as access control.
References:
www.prenhall.com
www.encarta.com
http://www.techdirectory.ws
Raymond R. Panko, Business Data Networks and Telecommunications, Ch 9
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