Comparison of network security tools- Firewall, Intrusion Detection System and Honeypot
Tejvir Kaur, Vimmi Malhotra, Dheerendra Singh · 2014
With the advent of Internet, personal computers and computer networks are becoming increasingly vulnerable to various kinds of attacks. Information has become like an asset that needs to be protected from attacks. Due to attack privacy can be violated and important data can be lost. The attacks are usually caused by a failure to implement security policies and failure of using of security tools that are readily available. The various security tools that are available are Firewall, Intrusion Detection System and Honeypot. Each tool has its own features, advantages and disadvantages.