1. Firewalls Presented by: Natalie LeCompte, Kara Oliver, Emily Taylor, and Joe Thrower

2. What is a Firewall? A system designed to prevent unauthorized access to or from a private network

3. Types of Firewalls Software Hardware

4. Types of Filtering

5. Personal Firewalls

6. Personal high speed networks today have the same continuous IP address

7. Personal Firewalls

9. Advantages Hardware Firewall Single Central Solution Requires Little Configuration Greater Amounts of Traffic Software Firewall Portable Easily Upgraded Cheaper

10. Disadvantages Hardware Firewall Expensive Less Upgradable May Not Block Outgoing Traffic Software Firewall Can Be Defeated Harder to Maintain Only Protect Individual Computers

11. Conclusion