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Everything about Firewall (computing)
Software or hardware-based network security system
In computing, a firewall is a network security system that monitors and controls incoming and outgoing network traffic based on configurable security rules. A firewall typically establishes a barrier between a trusted network and an untrusted network, such as the Internet or between several VLANs. Firewalls can be categorized as network-based or host-based. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Firewall (computing)A 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: A Novel Hybrid Security Framework (HSF) with Vshield Based Firewall to Secure Cloud Computing EnvironmentInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Security in computingThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Firewall and VPN Investigation on Cloud Computing PerformanceCited 8 times
- Go sideways: Next-generation firewallA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Tunneling protocolA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Firewall and VPN Investigation on Cloud Computing Performance
AI-Based Approach to Firewall Rule Refinement on High-Performance Computing Service Network
Fog Computing-Based Firewall in Information-Centric Networking
DVF-fog: distributed virtual firewall in fog computing based on risk analysis
Performance analysis of Proxmox VE firewall for network security in cloud computing server implementation
DoS Attack Prevention Using Rule-Based Sniffing Technique and Firewall in Cloud Computing
Computing Beyond the Firewall
Secure Computing unveils NT firewall
🆕 Influential since 2022
📚 Books worth reading
Security in computingCharles P. Pfleeger, Charles P. Pfleeger · 1989
ScreenOS CookbookStefan Brunner, Vik Davar · 2007
Building Internet FirewallsD. Brent Chapman, Elizabeth D. Zwicky · 1995
Network Security, Firewalls and VPNsJames Michael Stewart · 2010
Data Communications Networking (McGraw-Hill Forouzan Networking)Behrouz A. Forouzan · 2006
The Book of PFPeter N. M. Hansteen · 2008
Firewall fundamentalsWes Noonan, Ido Dubrawsky · 2006
Linux firewallsRobert L. Ziegler · 2000
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