Firewall may refer to:
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Firewall (computing)
In computing, a firewall is a network security system that monitors and controls incoming and outgoing network traffic based on predetermined security rules. A firewall typically establishes a barrier between a trusted network and an untrusted ne ...
, a technological barrier designed to prevent unauthorized or unwanted communications between computer networks or hosts
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Firewall (construction)
A firewall is a fire-resistant barrier used to prevent the spread of fire. Firewalls are built between or through buildings, structures, or electrical substation transformers, or within an aircraft or vehicle.
Applications
Firewalls can be us ...
, a barrier inside a building, designed to limit the spread of fire, heat and structural collapse
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Firewall (engine)
In automotive engineering, the firewall (American English) or bulkhead (British English) is the part of the automobile body (unibody or body-on-frame) that separates the engine compartment from the passenger compartment (driver and passengers ...
, the part of a vehicle that separates the engine compartment from the rest of the vehicle
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Firewall (physics)
A black hole firewall is a hypothetical phenomenon where an observer falling into a black hole encounters high-energy quanta at (or near) the event horizon. The "firewall" phenomenon was proposed in 2012 by physicists Ahmed Almheiri, Donald ...
, a hypothetical phenomenon where a freely falling observer spontaneously burns up at the horizon of a black hole
Arts, entertainment, and media
Music
* Firewall, an alias of British musician
Lange
Lange may refer to:
People
*Lange (surname), a German surname
* Lange (musician) (born 1974), British DJ
* Lange (Brazilian footballer) (born 1966), Brazilian footballer
Companies
* Lange (ski boots), a producer of ski boots used in alpine (dow ...
(born 1974)
* "Firewall", a song by Steve Vai from the 2005 album ''
Real Illusions: Reflections''
* "Firewall", a song by Kompany from the 2019 extended play
''Metropolis''
Literature
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''Firewall'' (Andy McNab novel), a Nick Stone adventure
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''Firewall'' (Mankell novel), a 1998 novel by Henning Mankell, featuring Kurt Walland
Film and television
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''Firewall'' (film), a 2006 thriller film written by Joe Forte, starring Harrison Ford
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"Firewall" (Person of Interest), an episode of the American television drama series ''Person of Interest''
* "Firewall", an episode from the Canadian computer animated series ''
ReBoot
In computing, rebooting is the process by which a running computer system is restarted, either intentionally or unintentionally. Reboots can be either a cold reboot (alternatively known as a hard reboot) in which the power to the system is physi ...
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Characters
* Firewall, a fictional character in the ''
G.I. Joe
''G.I. Joe'' is an American media franchise and a line of action figures owned and produced by the toy company Hasbro. The initial product offering represented four of the branches of the U.S. armed forces with the Action Soldier ( U.S. Army), Ac ...
'' universe
See also
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Alberta Agenda The Alberta Agenda, the Firewall Letter, was a January 2001 open letter by seven prominent conservatives in Alberta—including Calgary School professors and Stephen Harper—addressed to then Premier of Alberta, Ralph Klein, setting out a five-poin ...
, also known as the Alberta Firewall, a political proposal for the Canadian province
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firewalld
firewalld is a firewall management tool for Linux operating systems. It provides firewall features by acting as a front-end for the Linux kernel's netfilter framework. firewalld's current default backend is nftables. Prior to v0.6.0, iptable ...
, a firewall management tool for Linux operating systems
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Great Firewall
The Great Firewall (''GFW''; ) is the combination of legislative actions and technologies enforced by the People's Republic of China to regulate the Internet domestically. Its role in internet censorship in China is to block access to selected for ...
, China's internet censorship firewall
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Chinese wall
A Chinese wall or ethical wall is an information barrier protocol within an organization designed to prevent exchange of information or communication that could lead to conflicts of interest. For example, a Chinese wall may be established to sepa ...
, a zone of non-communication between distinct sections of a business, in order to prevent conflicts of interest
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Personal firewall
A personal firewall is an application which controls network traffic to and from a computer, permitting or denying communications based on a security policy. Typically it works as an application layer firewall.
A personal firewall differs from ...
, a very popular form of firewall designed to protect personal computers
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Reredos
A reredos ( , , ) is a large altarpiece, a screen, or decoration placed behind the altar in a church. It often includes religious images.
The term ''reredos'' may also be used for similar structures, if elaborate, in secular architecture, for ex ...
, a short wall behind a fire in a traditional hearth
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Wall of Fire (disambiguation) Wall of Fire may refer to:
* ''Wall of Fire'' (album), the second solo album by Peter Elkas
* "Wall of Fire" (song), a song by The Kinks
* Wall of Fire (mountain), a 700 m cliff face of vertically displaced quartzite in the Swartberg mount ...
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