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Firewall Server Software

ALSO CALLED: Firewall Servers, Firewalls, Fire Wall, Firewall Software, Gateways (Software), and Network Firewall Server Software
DEFINITION: A firewall is a set of related programs, located at a network gateway server, that protects the resources of a private network from users from other networks. (The term also implies the security policy that is used with the programs.) An enterprise with an intranet  … 
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FIREWALL SERVER SOFTWARE DEFINITION (continued): …  that allows its workers access to the wider Internet installs a firewall to prevent outsiders from accessing its own private data resources and for controlling what outside resources its own users have access to.

Basically, a firewall, working closely with a router program, examines each network packet to determine whether to forward it toward its destination. A firewall also includes or works with a  … 
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