FIREWALLS

About the authors:

Stukun Kristina Sergeevna,

Undergraduate Student, the University of Tyumen, 

krisstukun@mail.ru

Abstract:

The article is named “Firewalls”. The article is devoted to the one of the many potential topics in the field of IT security infrastructure. Application firewalls attempt to use application-specific knowledge to improve the security. This article provides an overview of firewall technologies. Providing a safe operating environment for a business-critical application is among the final—and arguably most crucial—steps in the assembly and integration process. The article contains information about firewall types such as Packet-Filtering Firewalls, Proxy Firewalls, Reverse-Proxy Firewalls. The author of the article provides information about Utilizing Packet Inspection, Packet-Inspection Flow Diagram, Reusing IP Addresses, NAT and PAT.

References:

1. Firewalls [Electronic resource]. – Access mode: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/security/firewalls/what-is-a-firewall.html 
2. Application Firewalls and Proxies [Electronic resource]. Access mode:
https://www.us-cert.gov/bsi/articles/best-practices/assembly-integration-and-evolution/application-f... 
3. Types of Firewalls [Electronic resource]. Access mode:
https://www.networkworld.com/article/2255950/lan-wan/chapter-1--types-of-firewalls.html?page=2