UTM

Overview

Unified threat management. Software for your Firewall that keeps the bad guys out. This includes "Gateway Antivirus" that scans incoming data for viruses, IPS - Intrusion Prevention, that tracks behaviors of someone trying to break in, GeoIP - a filter that can block Internet traffic based on physical location (like blocking Russia), and Content Filtering - the  ability to block certain types of websites based on content, like inappropriate adult sites.

tags: #networking #network_hardware