From b8a1612334740ee308f841fd1d54ddd78df7cb70 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Shilla Saebi Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2015 13:26:10 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] made change to intro to fw in networking guide MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit added additional documentation on fw added “on” in sentence - necessary Change-Id: I8e339de36a940ba47712aebe05d7f7d5ddf5abc9 --- doc/networking-guide/section_intro-firewalls.xml | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/networking-guide/section_intro-firewalls.xml b/doc/networking-guide/section_intro-firewalls.xml index 6ea880af61..fbcd9f0911 100644 --- a/doc/networking-guide/section_intro-firewalls.xml +++ b/doc/networking-guide/section_intro-firewalls.xml @@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ Firewalls A firewall is a network security system that controls the - network traffic using a set of rules. For example, a firewall might + network traffic using a set of rules. Firewalls can be implemented in both hardware and software, or a mix of the two. For example, a firewall might disallow traffic originating from a range of IP addresses or only allow traffic on specific ports. Firewalls are often used between - internal networks, where data is trusted, and external networks + internal networks, where data is trusted, and on external networks such as the Internet. Many firewalls incorporate Network Address Translation (NAT).