N4N049: Understanding Firewalls
From N Is For Networking by Packet Pushers
February 19, 2026 · 1h 10m · Episode 49
About this episode
Ethan and Holly provide an overview of firewalls and their relevance to network engineering and cybersecurity.
Today, Ethan and Holly provide an overview of firewalls. While cybersecurity is a separate discipline from network engineering, much of what happens in cybersecurity is interesting at the packet level, so there’s a good deal of overlap. It’s likely that as a network engineer, you’ll be managing, or at least dealing with, firewalls in your ... Read more »
People in this episode
Hosts: Ethan, Holly
Topics covered
- firewalls
- cybersecurity
- network engineering
- packet level
- network management
Keywords
- firewalls
- cybersecurity
- network engineering
- packet level
- network management
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Packet Pushers
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