[LBo] Firewalls [was: help]

[Billy Pollifrone]

The software burnt to the eprom is actually firmware. The hardware
refers to the unit itself being physically removable from the computer
it would be protecting.

Sam Morgan wrote:
> did anyone have an answer for me on this question?
> 
> Sam Morgan wrote:
>> question:
>> I don't know so I'm asking but,
>> isn't one of these over the counter routers
>> simply a software firewall, like IPCOP,
>> but the software is burned into an eprom or flash memory chip?
>> so it's considered to be a hardware firewall???
>>
>>
> 


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Billy Pollifrone
billy @ silverbaseball . com

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