Question

List three design goals of firewall and explain them.

Answer 1

A firewall is a network security system that is designed to monitor outgoing and incoming network traffic. It can be either hardware based or software based. The primary goals of a firewall are:

*Any traffic going outside the system and moving into the system must pass through the firewall.

*Only local security policy authorized traffic will be able to get into and out of the firewall.

*Internal threats are often at bay as the firewall provides alert of a possible malware threat.