...purpose of firewall software?

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Question by Dwight Drage
Submitted on 11/25/2003
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What is the purpose of firewall software?

Answer by pancho
Submitted on 5/4/2004
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Name a firewall

Answer by JH
Submitted on 5/19/2004
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A firewall is an application that helps protect your computer from hackers on the Internet. It works like a guard standing at your front door, controlling who (and who doesn't) connect to your computer.

Answer by jesus christ
Submitted on 8/29/2006
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a firewall is a wall of fire that burns you when you walk through it

Answer by Joshi
Submitted on 10/26/2006
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I don't have an answer but I'd like to thank JH for providing a decent answer for me to use in my TAFE assignment.

Answer by altaf hussain
Submitted on 11/20/2006
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A firewall can be considered as a special type of router that is located between the network and the outside world. The idea is that the firewall filters the information that can get in and go out of the network so that it can protect network hosts from external attacks. These filters are basically some rules on what connectivity is allowed. They consist of the source IP and port and the destination IP and port. If a TCP packet arrives at the firewall that satisfies all elements of the filter, the firewall does not forward the packet any further and discards it. It is also possible to use wildcards for applying more general rules to the system

Answer by Ronie Pabon
Submitted on 11/28/2006
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it is a program that protect your computer from hackers.

Answer by LIL,K
Submitted on 2/13/2007
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The purpose of a firewall is to protect you the user,and,your computer from people who try to hack your computer a.k.a HACKERS.

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