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Dustin_V
NETGEAR Employee Retired
Jul 17, 2018

NETGEAR Armor is now available!

  NETGEAR Armor is now available on the Nighthawk R6900P and R7000P routers! With NETGEAR Armor’s advanced protection, you will be able to actively detect and protect your home and family fr...
PoolBall's avatar
PoolBall
Guide
Apr 09, 2019
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wchp's avatar
wchp
Luminary
Apr 22, 2019

So my question is HOW is this protection done? Is it using packet inspection IPS or DPS or is this just at the DNS/Host target level?

Is it IPS (e.g. SonicWall) or DPS (e.g. Bitdefender Box 2) or just a Host/DNS/IP Address DB blacklist?

  • Orbi-Roc's avatar
    Orbi-Roc
    Luminary
    Jun 12, 2019

    Hi there wchp !

     

    I realize that this is an older post; but did you ever get an answer to your question. The nature of your query tells me that you're undoubtedly miles ahead of me when it comes to the technical issues behind these apps. But yet, I think I got the gist of your query.