硬件防火墙和软件防火墙之间的区别

防火墙是位于Internet和计算机网络之间的网络安全系统或屏蔽层。防火墙通常在受信任的网络和不受信任的网络之间设置屏障。 Internet防火墙是一种旨在保护您的计算机免受不需要的数据和病毒侵害的设备或软件。

1.软件防火墙：
软件防火墙是在计算机/服务器上运行的一种特殊类型的计算机软件。它的主要目的是保护您的计算机/服务器，使其免受外界试图控制或获取访问的威胁，并取决于您选择的软件防火墙。还可以将软件防火墙配置为检查任何可疑的传出请求。

2.硬件防火墙：
它是计划执行防火墙职责的物理设备。硬件防火墙可以是用作防火墙的计算机或专用设备。硬件防火墙被集成到位于计算机和Internet网关之间的路由器中。

硬件和软件防火墙之间的区别：

Software Firewall	Hardware Firewall
Software Firewall operates on the system.	Hardware Firewall do not operate on the system.
Configuration of software firewall is easy.	Configuration of hardware firewall is not easy.
It is more expensive.	It is cheaper than software firewall.
It is flexible i.e., you can choose which application has to be installed.	It is not flexible like software firewall.
It is installed inside the individual system.	It is installed outside the system.
It protects the one system at a time.	It protects a whole network at a time.
It makes the performance of computers slows down.	It doesn’t affects the performance of the computer.
It has needed to be installed on every individual system on a network.	It needs only one hardware to be installed for a whole network.