What Types of Firewalls Are There?
There are many types of firewalls, but the two of the most concern to consumers are software firewalls and router firewalls. Software firewalls are firewalls that are installed on a computer. They protect only the computer on which they are installed. A good software firewall, like those provided by Zone Alarm and Norton, provides excellent protection against threats. These firewalls can prevent worms from infected your computer through a network security flaw. They can also greatly reduce the damage caused by Trojan horse programs, keyloggers and other malware that must communicate with a remote computer to function. Software firewalls have a user-friendly interface and are flexible in how they can be configured. Router firewalls are firewalls that protect your entire home network and are, as you might expect, located on your router. The router firewalls protects the entire network and network hardware which cannot have a software firewall installed on it. The router firewall also all
