A firewall e puipui tau fapotopotoga mai:
- Tino masei e ulu ki loto i tau computer io me kote network.
- Worms – vaega virus kola e pisi mai mea faigaluega ki niisi mea faigaluega online.
- Ne nai sokotakiga e mafua mai i pisiga o virus.
Mea kola SE fai ne te firewall:
E se lava fua i te firewall ke puipui fuai ne ia, kae koia te vaega muamua i puipuiga. A koe e tau foki o puke niisi auala o puipui mai luga i fautuaga konei ite website tenei. Masaua me i te firewall e avatu se vaega foliki io me seai se puipuiga mai me konei:
- Manafai kooti ne avatu te taliaga ki niisi computers ke sokotaki mo tau computer.
- Manafai e mate, siki fakaola io me aofia a vaega e uke se tautali io me matala a ports.
- Taulasiga o malware mo spyware installations.
- Spam.
- So se vaega fakaloiloi io me ne faifaiga fakamasei.
- Kafai koe io me se virus kooti ne faite se ‘back door’ ite firewall.
- Tino kola e mafai o oko mai olotou lima ki tau computer io me kite network.
- Data e faulu ki te computer i auala mai tafa ote online, pela mo mea fai galuega kola e soko kite USB, CD/DVD etc.
- Vaega osooga valevale kafai ko pokotia te network.
- Fakateletelega kola pela me mautinoa.
Kae tela la, SEAI se pogai mai luga ke se faulu se firewall, ia koe e tau ailoa o fakatau me tau ISP e SE fakatoka se vaega firewall.
Vaega o firewall
Firewall mo tino
Firewall mo tino e tau o faulu ki computer takitasi tela e soko kite internet mo monitors (mo poloka, i feitu kola e tau) i oloologa o internet. A latou niisi taimi e fakaigoa ki ‘software firewalls’ io me ko ‘desktop firewalls’.
Windows Firewall se firewall totino tela e faigofie. E seai se togi, me ulu tasi i loto i Windows operating systems. I loto I te Windows 8, Windows 7 mote Vista, te Firewall e fakatuu loa ia ia ke galue, tela la koe se manakogina ke manavase ke fakatoka ne koe.
Kafai koe e manako, e kafi ne koe o sui te WIndows Firewall mo sua firewall totino o tou manakoga, pela mo te vaega e faulu i loto i nai internet security packages, io me ko standalone firewall software kola e kafi o download mai ite interenet, kola niise e seai se togi.
Hardware firewalls
Pisinisi kola e tai-lasi mo latou kola e lasi atu e mafai o manakogina a hardware firewall – faopoopo ki luga ite firewall totino – fakatau ki luga ite fakatelega o tau fakanofonofoga o tau IT. Kafai e isi se masalosaloga ia koe, sala ki se fesoasoani mai tino poto ke fautua atu i vaega installation mo configuration ote mea tela e taugatonu ki manakoga o tau pisinisi.
Iloilo kafai tau Windows Firewall e ola i tau computer’ System and Security settings ite Control Panel