1: Bandwidth control and monitoring Bandwidth control―sometimes referred to as traffic shaping―is one of the best firewall features. We don’t always have unlimited amounts of bandwidth. That means it’s vital to take control of the bandwidth we do have available. With a…

Packet filtering firewall Packet filtering firewalls operate inline at junction points where devices such as routers and switches do their work. However, these firewalls don't route packets; rather they compare each packet received to a set of established criteria, such as…