FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER

COMPUTER THREATS SECURITY

WHAT IS A FIREWALL IN NETWORK SECURITY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which was the first corporation to invent Firewalls.
A
Detroit Electronic Corporation
B
Digital Equipment Corporation
C
Device Enrollment Corporation
D
Departmental Enrollment Corporation
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The first paper published on firewall technology was in 1987 when engineers from Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) developed filter systems known as packet filter firewalls.

Detailed explanation-2: -DEC was founded in 1957 by Ken Olson and Harlan Anderson, engineers who had worked on very early machines at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). They began by building small circuit modules for laboratory use and, in 1961, released their first computer, the PDP-1.

Detailed explanation-3: -Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), American manufacturer that created a new line of low-cost computers, known as minicomputers, especially for use in laboratories and research institutions.

Detailed explanation-4: -On March 22, 1965, DEC introduced the PDP-8, which replaced the PDP-5’s modules with the new R-series modules using Flip Chips.

Detailed explanation-5: -Digital Equipment means any electronic equipment including an electronic terminal (for example, a merchant terminal or ATM), computer, cash deposit machine, television, fax machine, telephone and mobile telephone.

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