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What is a Firewall in Today's World?

What is a Firewall in Today's World? The firewall, which we can also define as a digital firewall; is a network security system that controls incoming and outgoing data packets to and from the network, based on software and hardware, within the framework of certain rules. Depending on the filter it uses while controlling the network, it always passes the internet traffic through controls such as IP filtering , port filtering, web filtering, content filtering. Most operating systems today use their own software-based firewall system. At the same time, routers that transfer data between networks also have their own firewall systems. Although the widespread use of the Internet and computers is a fairly new situation, firewall security systems are a technology that emerged in the 1980s. What Does Firewall Do? Firewall network security systems, which work as hardware or software bases, examine incoming and outgoing data packets to the network with a predetermined filter. The main purpos...

What is the Mozilla Firefox Web Browser?

What is the Mozilla Firefox Web Browser? Mozilla Firefox is the latest version of the Web browser written by the Mozilla company. It is the second most popular web browser available, accounting for 30.5% of the global web browser market as of February 2011, according to W3Share. This is largely due to its ease of use, increased speed, and availability on multiple operating systems. Open Source Mozilla Firefox is open-source software. This means that the source code of the software is freely available to everyone; users may modify and redistribute it as they see fit. This has allowed many developers to create their own versions of Firefox that include additional features and focus on different areas. An example is a Flock, a Firefox-based web browser that extends social media integration. Benefits Firefox offers many advantages to its users. Seth Rosenblatt of CNET states that security, speed, and stability are Firefox's three strongest benefits. Firefox includes many improvements...

IBM Divides 109-Year Company

IBM Divides 109-Year Company US-based technology company IBM decided to split its 109-year-old company The new company will start operating with a new name by the end of 2021. IBM announced that it will open its information technology unit providing technical support for data centers to the public as a separate company. According to the news in the international news agency Reuters, the new company will start operating with a new name by the end of 2021. With this move, the company aims to focus more on automation and cloud activities under the IBM brand. The surprise statement came from Arvind Krishna, the company's managing director. IBM bought Red Hat, a cloud company, for a record $ 34 billion last year under Krishna. The company serves 4 thousand 600 customers in 115 countries in this field. IBM has a total of 352 thousand employees and the new company to be established will have 90 thousand employees. Announcing its sales expectations for the third quarter of 2020, IBM predic...

How to Install WineHQ Software in Linux Systems

How to Install WineHQ Software in Linux Systems Wine is an open-source code and a free application layer that enables Windows software to run on Linux operating systems. Wine should not be expected to run all Windows programs. Using the search box on Wine's website, you can get extensive information about whether various Windows programs work properly with Wine. You can install the Wine package by searching the Ubuntu app store (Software or Synaptic). Although Wine can run many Windows programs with its default settings, some applications require various additional libraries. For example, games require DirectX. In order to easily add these types of programs to Wine, it may be useful to install third-party Winetricks software in addition to Wine. To install a Windows program via Wine ; Right-click on the installation file of the program with the .exe extension and use the "Open with Wine Program Loader" option in the menu that opens. In this way, you can install the progra...

What is Wine? How to Use it?

 What is Wine? How to Use it? Wine is an application layer that enables it to run Windows software on POSIX compatible operating strings. Wine stands for Wine Is Not an Emulator (Wine Is Not an Emulator). The expansion of Wine is confused by many users as a Windows Emulator. Wine should not be expected to run all Windows applications.

What is Ubuntu? Why Should I Use Ubuntu?

What is Ubuntu? Why Should I Use Ubuntu? Ubuntu is an open source Linux distribution based on Debian, a freely available operating system that uses the Linux kernel. The open source community is full of engaging projects and companies, such that even companies developing closed source products like Microsoft are starting to embrace it. Ubuntu is one of the open source projects that developed with a wide-ranging follow-up. It was originally developed for personal computers, with versions available for servers and smartphones. Ubuntu's development is led by Canonical, a UK-based company founded by Mark Shuttleworth. The primary version of Ubuntu uses a graphical user interface called GNOME (GNU Network Object Model Environment) and a set of desktop applications for Linux. GNOME is basically very similar to the Windows desktop interface and is designed to make Linux easy for non-programmers to use. Although GNOME is the primary version, there are a few other distributions available. T...