In today’s application centric interconnected environments, the next generation of firewalls (application layer firewalls) are required to reduce the attack surface area.
The story so far, in a time long ago man first used trees and logs to protect their livestock within their village, many potential threats like lions and other external tribesmen were deterred, but not stopped. As technology improved the nomads become farmers and fences were developed that were made out of stone, these fences were not only superior to the wooden logs but were harder to circumvent. Eventually entire villages were at the centre of the fortress, the high fortress walls were able to keep the livestock and population safe.
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