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CompTIA A+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide

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Figure 27-31 DMZ set up on a SOHO router

Software Firewalls

While a hardware firewall does a lot to protect you from outside intruders,

you should also use a software firewall, such as the firewalls built into each

version of Windows, called (appropriately) Windows Defender Firewall or

Windows Defender Firewall with Advanced Security. (Earlier versions of

Windows just called the tool(s) Windows Firewall. That’s how you’ll see it

on the 1002 exam as well.) Windows Defender Firewall (see Figure 27-32)

handles the heavy lifting of port blocking, security logging, and more.

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