It is a great feature enhancement we have now, the so called ‘transparent firewalls’. A firewall that works in Layer 2.
Advantages ? Just plug into the network, nobody will even know that there is a firewall sitting in between and doing filtering of packets since there is no ip addresses involved and so neither routing….
Transparent, Bridging Firewalls
So if you are new to this, take a peek and have fun…. Though it is not a paper which covers in and out of the technology but it kinda gives you an overview. Commercial products & Industry leaders like Cisco (PIX Firewall) & Juniper (Netscreen Firewall), already have products for the game…
