Firewall History
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Updated: 6 Aug 2018
A cool history of firewalls
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Created bySreyaash Das
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First hardware firewall was developed at NASA, named SidewinderFirewalls first protection against Morris Worm, until it breaks through.First Network Firewall developedFirst security firewall was developed, designed to keep specific users out of a networkFirst commercial firewall was developed, available to companies, hybrid design using application proxies and packet filtersFirst of the "stateful" firewalls appear. Capable of inspection and tracing of attackersThe term "unified threat management" comes into existence, and companies who provided firewalls advertised them with this new feature, of being interconnected.Next-generation firewalls are developed, as "a wire-speed integrated network platform that performs deep inspection of traffic and blocking of attacks."First wide-spread analysis of firewalls is conducted. Results showed that 93% of firewalls had atleast one category of error, and 70% of firewalls contained undetected errors in their rulebaseFirewalls are integrated into third world rising countries' governments, and used to protect against malicious new viruses designed to inject data.Periods
Term "Fire Wall" was first developed. Original definition was: "A physical wall capable of blocking fire"
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