Your company receives internet access through a network or a gateway server. Which of the following devices is best suited to protect resources and subnet your LAN directly on the network server?
Your company receives internet access through a network or a gateway server. A multi-homed firewall devices is best suited to protect resources and subnet your LAN directly on the network server.
A multihomed host is physically connected to multiple data links that can be on the same or different networks. For example, a computer with a Windows NT 4.0 Server and multiple IP addresses can be referred to as "multihomed" and may serve as an IP router.
Multihoming is a mechanism used to configure one computer with more than one network interface and multiple IP addresses. It provides enhanced and reliable Internet connectivity without compromising efficient performance.
Software firewalls. Software firewalls are designed to protect a computer by blocking certain programs from sending and receiving information from a local network or the Internet. The image to the right shows the icon for Windows Firewall, an example of a firewall software program included with Microsoft Windows.