A virtual firewall is a software
appliance that controls communication between virtual machines (VMs) in a
virtual environment.
Like a traditional network firewall, a virtual firewall
inspects packets and uses security policy rules to
block unapproved communication between VMs.
See also: cloud
cartography
This was last updated in May 2011
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