Firewall security for Dedicated Servers !
When it comes for dedicated server hosting then keeping your server secure is most critical task and you should be give it priority. Usually large websites which are important for your business go for dedicated servers as you have total freedom, full server resources for use. Though we always take care of using very unique passwords for our server login still there are chances that your server may get hacked and all our website data may get vanished hence it’s better to have firewall with our servers.
Firewall :- You have two options like Software firewall and Hardware firewall. Technically specking it allows or blocks traffic into and out of a private network or the user’s computer. It closely work like a router program, which examines each network packet to determine whether to forward it toward its destination.
Firewalls are also used to keep internal network segments secure from outside internet world.
WEll, firewall can also be refered as application or device which allow or deny traffic or any incoming or outgoing connections based upon set of rules. Firewall prevents any network threats. It’s architecture is to block any vulnerable threats to the your Dedicated server. On a Linux server, we can also configure IPtables or CSF firewall through cPanel or can have hardware firewall like Cisco ASA, Coyote Linux etc where as on Windows dedicated server Windows Operating Systems offer in-built Firewall, famously known as Windows Firewall wich can be confired as per our requirements. However, we can also configure hardware firewall such as Cisco etc.
Usually webhost offers you Firewall as add-on option with your server at extra cost. You need to decided and will have to select required hardware as per your requirement and budget.
Sicne security is a very important for your web business and server you should do your homework and should choose suitable firewall ( Hardware or Software ) for your server.
