Firewalls

Question 1

Firewall can either be

Answer 1

software or hardware

Question 2

One way that a firewall controls the flow of traffic coming into and out of a network is through its …

Answer 2

access control list

Question 3

Most firewalls come with a default rule of …

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implicit deny

Question 4

This firewall is installed on a computer and it protects that computer only and nothing else

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host-based firewall

Question 5

A combination of hardware and software, and it operates at the network layer.

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network-based firewall

Question 6

A firewall that monitors all the connections and data streams that are passing through and keeps a record of it

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Stateful

Question 7

Filters data based on their content not on source, commonly used in email

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content filtering

Question 8

Used to detect viruses that have a well-known behavior pattern

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signature identification

Question 9

Hardware tool that is typically placed between the internet and the firewall

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intrusion detection or prevention system