Explain how an appliance firewall, such as pfSense, might be a better fit for a large enterprise than an operating system-specific firewall, such as Windows Firewall.

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Davis Owen

Computers & Technology

10 October, 03:27

Explain how an appliance firewall, such as pfSense, might be a better fit for a large enterprise than an operating system-specific firewall, such as Windows Firewall.

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Emmy Lin · Answer 1

A system specific firewall has certain restrictions. Just as its name the system specific firewall works for a single host.

It is important to note that in networking Firewalls are very important inorder to safeguard the networking system.

Therefore, using an appliance firewall will be a better option because it can work on all operating system since it is open source; meaning it is customizable to fit the large enterprise needs.