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Qualities of a firewall

Preconceived ideas:

Protocol analysis is easier in a firewall than in a router?

Checkpoint has a clear lead over Cisco?

Firewall's Interface more user-friendly than a router's?

Facts:

The code inside a router or a server is identical

Cisco is following close: embedded box or router technology is no brake

The interface for filtering configuration is the same in a router and in a firewall

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