A firewall can examine every data packet passing into or out of the network and make decisions based on
User ID, origin, destination, content of data
It can decide to
Let the packets in or out of the network
Reject the incoming or outgoing packets
Alert the sender that the message will not be delivered
Alert the sysadmin that an attempt to violate the rules has been made
III. Technical security
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