Do firewalls make any difference?
Q: Our brokerage has internet access and, for security, we use anti-virus software. I recently heard...
Q: Our brokerage has internet access and, for security, we useanti-virus software. I recently heard about internet firewalls. What are
they?
The internet, like any other society, is plagued with those who enjoy
disrupting life. A firewall is a system, or group of systems, whose
purpose is to keep these people out of your network.
At a basic level they enforce an access control policy between networks,
protecting against unauthenticated log ins from the outside world.
More elaborate firewalls block
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