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Cloudflare announces Firewall for AI

InfoWorld

Cloudflare has announced the development of Firewall for AI, a protection layer that can be deployed in front of large language models (LLMs) that promises to identify abuses before they reach the models. To read this article in full, please click here

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Web Application Firewalls Aren’t Protecting Cloud-Native Apps

DevOps.com

Your web application firewall (WAF) is humming at the edges of your network, faithfully blocking malicious attacks before they can do any harm. It consists of signatures, rules, and a sprinkle of machine learning to protect your applications (and user data) from harm. Better yet, it’s a next-generation WAF (NG-WAF).

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These Services Shall Not Pass: Abusing Service Tags to Bypass Azure Firewall Rules (Customer Action Required)

Tenable

Azure customers whose firewall rules rely on Azure Service Tags, pay attention: You could be at risk due to a vulnerability detected by Tenable Research. Tenable Research has discovered a vulnerability in Azure that allows an attacker to bypass firewall rules based on Azure Service Tags by forging requests from trusted services.

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A Practical History of the Firewall – Part 1: Early Days

Firemon

Jody Brazil CEO at FireMon This is not a primer on firewalls, nor is it meant to represent a comprehensive picture of the history of the firewall. There are plenty of good resources that outline the history of the firewall, for example Wikipedia: [link]. On this front, stateful inspection won.

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Just Released and Ready for Download — Software Firewalls for Dummies

Palo Alto Networks

If you want to protect applications and workloads throughout today’s complex and interrelated environments, you need software firewalls. You can better understand the extensive need and numerous use cases for virtual firewalls, container firewalls and managed cloud firewalls with our essential guide, “ Software Firewalls for Dummies.”

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Advantages and Disadvantages of Firewall in Computer Network

The Crazy Programmer

Nowadays, the firewall is used mainly in organizations and also by individuals. This application can be installed in the desired hardware and software component of the computer. But do you know what type of advantages users get after installing a firewall on their computer? What is Firewall in Computer Network?

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A Practical History of the Firewall – Part 3: Performance Takes Center Stage

Firemon

As internet speeds increased and firewall adoption inside the enterprise increased, performance drove purchasing decisions. Enter Netscreen, the firewall appliance, and the Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC). Netscreenintroduced the purpose-built firewall “appliance.”