TCP and UDP,ICMP and IPSEC PROTOCOLS

TCP and UDP

TCP and UDP are used by applications. An application server typically listens at a fixed TCP or UDP port, while application clients typically use any of a wide range of ports—and as with other aspects of firewall rulesets, deny by default policies should be used for incoming TCP and UDP traffic.

Less stringent policies are generally used for outgoing TCP and UDP traffic because most organizations permit their users [..]

Distributed Firewalling

Distributed firewalling is an emerging security technology in firewall deployment that moves security from the perimeter to device endpoints. This is accomplished by placing a firewall in or directly in front of every endpoint and other appropriate devices in the network. The theory of distributed firewalling is that this can ease the burden on the perimeter and internal firewalls, which have traditionally been major chokepoints for network access. As distributed [..]

Extranet VPN

Almost every company has a select group of suppliers, vendors and other business partners they do business with. Business interactions between these organisations include communication, collaboration and, in many cases, commercial transactions.

In today’s rapidly changing and highly competitive global economy, speed and cost can determine a company’s success or failure. As the traditional business exchange methods often prove to be slow, paper-based, timeintensive, and expensive, companies are looking to improve [..]