Fred Simonds advises in his book Network Security that a firewall can provide controlled access of individual users, enhanced privacy of the organization and its data, and provide a single point of contact between the Internet and the interior network (263). ... A third benefit to the installation of a firewall is maintaining a single point of contact between the Internet and the interior network (Simonds, p. 263). ... The proxy plays middleman in all connection attempts (164). ... To determine the type of firewall for an organizations a review and assessment of the types and number of traf...

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