Firewall types For detailed explanation of firewall terminology

At present, there are many firewall products in the market, and the standard of dividing is quite miscellaneous. The main categories are as follows:

1. From soft and hardware form into

Software firewalls and hardware firewalls, as well as chip-level firewalls.

2. From the firewall technology is divided into

"Packet filter Type" and "Application agent type" two broad categories.

3. From the firewall structure is divided into

Single-host firewall, router integrated firewall and distributed firewall three kinds.

4. According to the application deployment location of the firewall is divided into

Border firewalls, personal firewalls and hybrid firewalls are the three main categories.

5. According to the firewall performance is divided into

Hundred Gigabit Firewall and gigabit firewall two categories.