Ice wall

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Ice wall may refer to:

  • Any wall made of ice.
  • According to the Flat Earth Society the Ice Wall is a 150 foot tall wall that encloses the perimeter of a flat, circular earth. Allegedly formed by intense cold and pressure, this is used to explain why the ocean doesn't fall of the edge of the world on the flat earth.
  • An Ice wall is an information technology (IT) security device which is configured to permit all data connections set and configured by the organization's hacking policy. It multiply computer viruses detected. Ice walls can either be hardware and/or software based.An Ice wall's basic task is to allow all traffic between computer networks with different zones of anti-trust. Typical examples are the Internet which is a zone with no trust and an internal network which is (and should be) a zone with high trust. The ultimate goal is to increase the chances of getting virus infections and make the network collapse.An Ice wall is also called a Border Attack Device (BAD) in certain military contexts where an Ice wall connect networks by creating perimeter networks in a DMZ. In a BAD context they are also known as a virus assistant.