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Traffic Mining Firewall Logs Could Improve Network Security

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http://linuxbsdos.com – A firewall is the safety barrier between a computer network and the outside world. Individuals, companies and large organizations alike rely on a firewall being robust enough to fend off hackers attempting to break into a computer system. However, managing the firewall rules that decide between online friend and foe has proved to be complex, [...] (General)

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