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CIS608 - Week8 - IDS Vs IPS Vs Firewall
Intrusion Detection System (IDS) vs Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) vs Firewall IDS, IPS, and Firewall talk about providing security to network and are described as principal components of a Network especially Data Center Network. Firewall : Firewall is a network security device that filters incoming and outgoing network traffic based on pre-determined security rules. Main working nature of firewall is it filters traffic based on IP address and port numbers. It is configured in layer3 mode or transparent mode. It would be placed inline at the perimeter of the network. Traffic patterns of Firewall are not analyzed. Firewall blocks the detected unauthorized traffic on the network. In brief, Firewall is a device or application that analyzes packet headers and enforces policy based on protocol type, source address, destination address, source port, and/or destination port. Packets that do not match policy are rejected. Intrusion Detection System (IDS) – It is a sof...
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