The Diadem Firewall deploys both hardware and software on the edge of a provider's network rather than within, said Georg Carle, chair of the computing and Internet department at the University of Tübingen in Germany. Diadem uses data filtering and intrusion-prevention technologies to detect rogue activity, then coordinates an automatic reaction based on policies, Carle said. Current firewalls don't incorporate policies into their capabilities, he said.

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