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A firewall that is provided by software. It often refers to a personal firewall in a user's computer, but software firewalls may be installed in servers as well. Contrast with hardware firewall. See ...

A device that provides firewall protection for a network. It includes all the necessary hardware and software in a self-contained package that plugs in between the two networks being isolated. Most ...