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fire·wall
(fīr'wawl) 1. A special building material that is placed in walls between buildings or rooms to prevent the spread of fire.
2. A software program designed to prevent unauthorized persons from accessing a computer system.
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Administrators can control whether shell,
port forwarding, and file transfer services are turned on.
- Enhanced Cyber Security for Critical Application: Firewall for traffic classification,
port forwarding; NAT, DMZ for LAN protection, OpenVPN, IPsec for secure connection, HTTPs/SSH secure login
SSH Secure Shell for Handhelds runs secure terminal emulation for remote system administration and
port forwarding for remote access.
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