Word of the Day: Great Firewall of China

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Word of the Day Daily updates on the latest technology terms | March 6, 2020 Great Firewall of China The Great Firewall of China is a national effort to protect Chinese corporate and state secrets and infrastructure from cyberattacks. The initiative is overseen by the Chinese Ministry of Public Security (MPS) and officially, the project is known as the Golden Shield.  The Great Firewall is controversial because of fears that the Chinese government is using cybersecurity as justification for controlling what information the country's citizens can access. Sites that have been blocked by the Great Firewall include Facebook, Wikipedia, Twitter, the New York Times, and Google and its services -- including Youtube. The Great Firewall is possible because China controls the Internet gateways that stand between China and the rest of the Internet. Through a combination of firewalls and proxy servers at these gateways, the Chinese government is able to analyze and manipulate Internet traffic.   Web sites blocked by the Great Firewall generally appear as though they are experiencing technical issues. An error code might say a page is not found (404 error), the connection needs to be reset or the page has timed out.   In reality, the Great Firewall blocks and redirects internet traffic through a number of means, including cache poisoning, IP address black lists, deep packet inspection, resetting connections and blocking VPNs.   Tech-savvy Chinese citizens have found creative ways to circumvent state censorship by using proxy servers and inventing new words for terms that are likely to be flagged in deep packet inspection. Continue reading... Today's Takeaway "What the Chinese fail to see is something that security administrators in the U.S. found out a long time ago: The more restrictions you place on a network, the more the end user finds ways to subvert policy." -- Brad Casey Related Terms You Should Know firewall packet filtering rule base header deep packet inspection application whitelist stateful inspection proxy firewall AWS firewall manager web application firewall port knocking egress filtering Today's Buzzwords rules-based policy A firewall uses pre-defined rules to decide whether to allow, reject or drop network traffic. next generation firewall (NGFW) NGFWs are designed to protect midsize to large enterprises. They tend to have a lot of add-on features that can require additional licenses. inbound/outbound Firewalls typically prevent inbound traffic from entering a network, but they can also block malicious outbound traffic. incident responder Incident responders can earn high salaries for defending their employer's network against cyberthreats. Writing for Business A _______ is a unit of text that is repeated verbatim in numerous documents. a. template b. boilerplate Answer Stay in Touch Thank you for reading! For feedback about any of our definitions or to suggest a new definition (or learning resource) please contact us at: editor@whatIs.com FOLLOW US About This E-Newsletter The Word of the Day is published by TechTarget, Inc., 275 Grove Street, Newton, Massachusetts, 02466 US. Click to: Unsubscribe. You are receiving this email because you are a member of TechTarget. When you access content from this email, your information may be shared with the sponsors or future sponsors of that content and with our Partners, see up-to-date Partners List, as described in our Privacy Policy. For additional information, please contact: webmaster@techtarget.com. © 2020 TechTarget, Inc. all rights reserved. Designated trademarks, brands, logos, and service marks are the property of their respective owners. Privacy Policy | Partners List