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Title: What’s the Difference Between a Hardware and Software Firewall?
Post by: HCK on March 12, 2013, 11:00:55 pm
What’s the Difference Between a Hardware and Software Firewall?
      


You’ll often hear, when a security wonk recommends layered security, that you should be using a “hardware or software firewall.” What’s the difference? How or why would you choose one over the other? The truth is, many people have both in their networks. Each performs a slightly different function, and both offer slightly different types [...]
      

http://www.intego.com/mac-security-blog/whats-the-difference-between-a-hardware-and-software-firewall/