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<blockquote data-quote="Kongo" data-source="post: 990468" data-attributes="member: 59691"><p>A firewall may be able to block attacks on the network level, but if one of the users receives a fake document that is actually some type of ransomware and runs it, then even the best firewall can't stop the encryption process. A firewall can block malicious connections from and to a malicious actor, but there are types of malware that don't need to connect to a C&C server at all. So in short, a firewall shouldn't function as a standalone security tool.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kongo, post: 990468, member: 59691"] A firewall may be able to block attacks on the network level, but if one of the users receives a fake document that is actually some type of ransomware and runs it, then even the best firewall can't stop the encryption process. A firewall can block malicious connections from and to a malicious actor, but there are types of malware that don't need to connect to a C&C server at all. So in short, a firewall shouldn't function as a standalone security tool. [/QUOTE]
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