When it comes on dedicated server hosting then keeping your server secure is most important task and should be given a higher priority. Usually large websites which are important for your business should be hosted on dedicated servers as you get total freedom, full server resources to use. Though we always take care of using unique passwords for our server login, there are still chances that your server may get hacked and all the website data may get vanished in minutes, hence it is always good to have firewall with dedicated servers.
Firewall: Here you have two options and that are, Software firewall and Hardware firewall. Technically speaking it allows or blocks traffic in and out of a private network or the user’s computer. It closely work like a router program, which examines each network packet to make sure whether to forward it toward its destination or not.
Firewalls are also used to keep internal network segments secure from outside internet world.
WEll, firewall can also be referred as application or device which allow or deny traffic or any incoming or outgoing connections based upon set of rules. Firewall prevents all types of network threats. It’s architecture is to block any vulnerable threats to the Dedicated server. On a Linux server, we can also configure IPtables or CSF firewall. cPanel have hardware firewall like Cisco ASA, Coyote Linux etc. where as on Windows dedicated server, Windows Operating Systems offers in-built Firewall famously known as Windows Firewall which can be configured as per requirements. However, we can also configure hardware firewall such as Cisco etc.
Usually web hosting providers offers Firewall as add-on option with your server at extra cost. You will need to decide and select required hardware as per your requirement and budget.
Since security is a very important for your web business and server, you should do your homework and should choose suitable firewall ( Hardware or Software ) for your Dedicated Server Hosting India.
