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    A firewall controls access to protected networks and helps secure data by preventing direct communication between clients and hosts. Proxy servers can act as firewalls or intermediaries between clients and hosts, and can create "honey pots" or decoy sites to divert hackers' attention away from real servers containing sensitive data. Network security is important to prevent hackers and viruses from damaging networks, and proxy servers enhance security by using techniques like honey pots to misdirect hackers.

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    A firewall controls access to protected networks and helps secure data by preventing direct communication between clients and hosts. Proxy servers can act as firewalls or intermediaries between clients and hosts, and can create "honey pots" or decoy sites to divert hackers' attention away from real servers containing sensitive data. Network security is important to prevent hackers and viruses from damaging networks, and proxy servers enhance security by using techniques like honey pots to misdirect hackers.

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    6.

    7 Security of Information

    Remember

    1. Explain the term `firewall'.


    A firewall is a piece of hardware or software solution that controls access
    to protected networks.

    2. Identify the two areas where hackers may be able to attack


    network data.
    • Proxy Server
    • Encryption/decryption
    3. Explain how proxy servers help to secure data.

    Proxy servers can be configured to act as firewalls that prevent direct


    communication between a client and a host by acting as an intermediary.
    A proxy server can also create honey pot which is sites without sensitive
    data which can trick hackers by attaching them away from the real server.

    Think

    Security is so important to a network because the viruses and the hacker


    can do some damage to the network. Proxy can create honey pots to try
    and make hackers avoid the real server in your network.

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