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Wayne Rash: How To Shop For A Small-Business Firewall: Page 4 of 4

So your business has outgrown the el cheapo hardware firewall you picked up at the mall? Learn how to find top-of-the-line capabilities without paying top-of-the-line prices.
October 14, 2004

In Louise's case, and in yours, what really matters is what the firewall does in addition to just blocking access attempts and worm probes. A firewall can do many things, but to work for your business, they have to be the right things.


Wayne Rash is a writer based near Washington, DC. He was one of the first to create secure networks for the military and for other government organizations, and he has written about security for over twenty years. You can reach him at [email protected]. Contact the editor of Security Pipeline at [email protected].

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