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Gateway and Firewall
What is the difference between gateway and firewall?


  
Total Answers and Comments: 1 Last Update: June 09, 2008     Asked by: sandeep_6305 
  
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Submitted by: kalaiyarasan.nallappan
 
A network gateway joins two networks together through a combination of hardware and software.
A network firewall guards a computer network against unauthorized incoming or outgoing access. Network firewalls may be hardware devices or software programs.

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RE: Gateway and Firewall
A network gateway joins two networks together through a combination of hardware and software.
A network firewall guards a computer network against unauthorized incoming or outgoing access. Network firewalls may be hardware devices or software programs.

 
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