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