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FIREWALL
BY: Pedro Pereira, Jennifer Manhice, Abicinane Mussagy
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FIREWALL
• A Firewall is a network security device that monitors and filters incoming and outgoing
network traffic based on an organization's previously established security policies. At its
most basic, a firewall is essentially the barrier that sits between a private internal network
and the public Internet.
• A firewall is a network security device that analyses network traffic entering and leaving
your network. It permits or denies traffic based on a set of security rules.
• A firewall protects your network by acting as a 24/7 filter, examining data that seeks to enter
your network and blocking anything that appears suspect.
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HOW DOES IT WORK?

• To protect your system, a hardware firewall checks the data coming in from the various parts
of the internet and verifies that it is safe. Hardware firewalls that use packet filtering
examine each data packet and check to see where it is coming from and its location.
• Firewalls carefully analyze incoming traffic based on pre-established rules and filter traffic
coming from unsecured or suspicious sources to prevent attacks. Firewalls guard traffic at a
computer's entry point, called ports, which is where information is exchanged with external
devices.
• Wi-Fi firewalls, or wireless intrusion prevention systems, are servers that monitor and filter
Wi-Fi traffic, blocking unauthorized 802.11 usage and attacks while still in the air. Learn
about the benefits of the product and what to consider when selecting one.
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ADVANTAGES AND
DISADVANTAGES OF FIREWALL

Advantages Disadvantages
• Monitor Traffic • Cost
• Protection against Trojans • User Restriction
• Prevent Hackers • Performance
• Access Control • Malware Attacks
• Better Privacy • Complex Operations
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DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FIREWALL

AND PROXY
• A firewall uses and blocks the IP packets and proxy server uses the client-side requests for
the connections. A firewall will allow and filter the packets coming and going out of the
network. Whereas, the proxy server will route and control the application-level traffic.
• Firewall can monitor and filter all the incoming and outgoing traffic on a given local
network. Proxy server connects an external client with a server to communicate with each
other
• Firewall: It blocks connections from unauthorised network. Proxy: It facilitates connections
over network.
• Firewall: It involves network and transport layer data. Proxy:It work on application layer
data.
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TYPES OF FIREWALL
• Packet-filtering Firewalls: is a network security technique that regulates data flow to and from a network.
• Circuit-level Gateways: is a type of firewall that operates on layer 5 of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model,
which is the session layer.
• Application-level Gateways (Proxy Firewalls):are a type of network security solution that takes action on behalf of the
apps and programs they're set to monitor in a network.
• Stateful Multi-layer Inspection (SMLI) Firewalls:uses a sophisticated form of packet-filtering that examines all seven
layers of the Open System Interconnection (OSI) model.
• Next-generation Firewalls (NGFW): is within the third generation of firewall technology, designed to address advanced
security threats at the application level through intelligent, context-aware security features.
• Network Address Translation (NAT) Firewalls: translates between external and internal IP addresses.
• Cloud Firewalls: are software-based, cloud deployed network devices, built to stop or mitigate unwanted access to
private networks.
• Unified Threat Management (UTM) Firewalls: when multiple security features or services are combined into a single
device within your network.