{"id":87861,"date":"2014-12-16T15:55:21","date_gmt":"2014-12-16T20:55:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/?page_id=87861"},"modified":"2025-04-18T13:48:13","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T17:48:13","slug":"firewall","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/security\/network\/firewall\/","title":{"rendered":"Firewall Services"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\" bu-callout alignright\"><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"tw icon-mapmarker\"><\/span> Quick Start<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Available to:<\/strong> Researchers, Departments, IT Professionals<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cost:\u00a0<\/strong>The campus firewall is provided to the community free of charge.\u00a0 There is an initial startup cost for departmental firewalls. For new deployments, the requesting department pays for hardware (if required), licenses, and the first year\u2019s maintenance; IS&amp;T pays for annual maintenance thereafter.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>See <a href=\"#GettingStarted\">Getting Started<\/a>, below.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<p>IS&amp;T uses firewall technology to protect servers and networks<span> from attacks originating both within and outside of our networks.\u00a0<\/span><span>Our Campus Firewall provides blanket protections for all users of our network for threats entering our network from outside.\u00a0 Departmental firewalls provide more granular protections for systems and applications.\u00a0 <\/span>If your <span>system or application<\/span> contains <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/policies\/data-classification-policy\/#restricteduse\">Restricted Use data<\/a>, <span>departmental level firewall <\/span>protection is required. <span>Departmental <\/span><span>firewalls <\/span>are also recommended for servers containing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/policies\/data-classification-policy\/#confidential\">Confidential data<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Benefits<\/h2>\n<p>A firewall protects servers and data against certain classes of network-based attacks by restricting access to specific applications, port sources, and protocols and by examining data packets traversing the network for malicious qualities. Your data, business, and research interests are better protected when a firewall is in place.<\/p>\n<h2>Key Features<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Both campus and departmental firewalls block<\/span> connection attempts to protected systems or unauthorized ports and\/or applications<span>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>The campus firewall m<\/span>onitors inbound and outbound traffic for known threats and viruses and\u00a0automatically drops them at the campus borders<\/li>\n<li><span>The campus firewall also prevents<\/span> access to known bad URLs at the campus borders<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>What to Expect<\/h2>\n<p>This service\u00a0is available 24 by 7 except for standard change windows, as described in <a href=\"\/tech\/about\/service\/change\/\">IS&amp;T\u2019s standard policies, procedures, and schedules for making changes<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Requirements<\/h2>\n<p>None<\/p>\n<h2>Getting Started<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Learn more about<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"\/tech\/about\/security-resources\/host-based\/intro\/\">how firewalls work<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Departments wishing to protect specific resources should schedule a <a href=\"\/tech\/services\/security\/policy\/architecture\/\">network design consultation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bu.service-now.com\/sp?id=sc_category&amp;sys_id=4cd2d914db38445053c1d776489619c4&amp;catalog_id=-1&amp;spa=1\" title=\"Request a departmental firewall rule change\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Request a NAT, outbound VPN, campus border, and\/or departmental firewall rule change<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Protect sensitive information on your server, application, or database with a firewall. 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