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Categories: Articles with short description, Firewall software, Network management, Cyberwarfare, Packets (information technology)

firewall filtering packet filtering Firewall software host-based firewall

(computing) a security system consisting of a combination of hardware and software that limits the exposure of a computer or computer network to attack from crackers; commonly used on local area networks that are connected to the internet WordNet 3.0

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In computing, a firewall is a network security system that monitors and controls incoming and outgoing network traffic based on predetermined security rules. Wikipedia

A technological barrier designed to prevent unauthorized or unwanted communications between computer networks or hosts Wikipedia Disambiguation

A network security system that monitors and controls incoming and outgoing network traffic based on predetermined security rules Wikidata

A service which functions in a networked computing environment to prevent the communications forbidden by a security policy. OmegaWiki

The process of controlling access to a network by analyzing the incoming and outgoing packets. OmegaWiki

The software that monitors traffic in and out of a private network or a personal computer and allows or blocks such traffic depending on its perceived threat. Wiktionary

Computer software. Wiktionary (translation)

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security system

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computer appliance

computer security software

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