Personal Firewalls and Host Intrusion Prevention Systems
Personal firewalls and host intrusion prevention systems (HIPS) are software applications that you can install on end-user machines or servers to protect them from external security threats and intrusions. The term personal firewall typically applies to basic software that can control Layer 3 and Layer 4 access to client machines. HIPS provides several features that offer more robust security than a traditional personal firewall, such as host intrusion prevention and protection against spyware, viruses, worms, Trojans, and other types of malware.
Today, more sophisticated software is available on the market that makes basic personal firewalls and HIPS obsolete. For example, Cisco Advanced ...
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