硬件防火墙和软件防火墙的区别

防火墙是位于互联网和计算机网络之间的网络安全系统或屏蔽层。防火墙通常会在受信任的网络和不受信任的网络之间设置屏障。 Internet 防火墙是一种设备或软件，旨在保护您的计算机免受您不想要的数据和病毒的侵害。

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/服务器免受外部尝试控制或获得访问权的影响，具体取决于您选择的软件防火墙。还可以配置软件防火墙来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。硬件防火墙可以是一台计算机或用作防火墙的专用设备。硬件防火墙集成在位于计算机和互联网网关之间的路由器中。

硬件防火墙和软件防火墙的区别：

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.