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Definition[]

A firewall environment is

a collection of systems at a point on a network that together constitute a firewall implementation. A firewall environment could consist of one device or many devices such as several firewalls, intrusion detection systems, and proxy servers.[1]

References[]

  1. NIST, Guidelines on Firewalls and Firewall Policy (Sept. 2009) (NIST Special Publication 800-41, Rev. 1) (full-text).

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