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(i) Define the term "network firewall (ii) Describe three advantages and three disadvantages of adopting hardware firewall.

      

(i) Define the term "network firewall
(ii) Describe three advantages and three disadvantages of adopting hardware firewall.

  

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Kavungya
i) Define the term “network firewall”
A firewall is a barrier between two networks, an internal network (trusted network) and an
external network (untrusted network). Here the external network is the Internet, Firewalls
examine incoming and outgoing packets and according to a set of rules defined by an
administrator, either let them through or block them out.

ii) Advantages and disadvantages of adopting hardware firewall
Hardware firewall is peripheral devices of a computer that checks information coming from the
internet or a network then allows it or blocks it to pass through the computer.
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Kavungya answered the question on May 14, 2019 at 09:04


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