3-4 Flashcards
has a robust app gateway
Akamai
technologies offers several firewall solution
WatchGuard
Also provides an application gateway, specifically a web app firewall
Cloudflare
similar to app gateways but are more secure and generally implemented on high end equipment. it employs user authentication, but they do so earlier in the process.
circuit level gateway
with circuit level gateways authenticating the user is the _________
first step
with circuit level gateways once the ______________ takes place and the connection between the source and destination is established, the firewall simply passes bytes between the system.
verification
circuit level gateway a virtual _______ exists between the internalclient and the proxy server.
circuit
with circuit level gateway ecternal users only see the IP address of the ________ server
proxy
an open source firewall project. can be run in a host based network enviorment
pfSense
firewalls that use a mix of approaches to a firewall solution is called a
hybrid firewall
the 4 mot common firewall configurations include ________
Network Host based
Dual homed host
router based firewall
screened host
the firewall is a software solution installed on an existing machine with an existing OS
Host-based firewall
a concern with host based firwalls is that its reliant on the _________
OS
hardening the OS refers to taking several security precautions including
ensuring all patches are updated
uninistalling uneeded apps
closing unused ports
turning off all unused services
a DMZ is created using 2 seperate _________
firewalls