Specialized Network Devices

Question 1

VPN Concentrator

Answer 1

One of the devices that can terminate VPN tunnels, although firewalls can also perform this function

Question 2

NGFW

Answer 2

Next Generation Firewall, conducts deep packet inspection at layer 7. It detects and prevents attacks and is much more powerful than basic stateless or stateful firewalls. It continually connects to cloud resources for latest information on threats

Question 3

IDS/IPS

Answer 3

Intrustion Detection or Prevention System - IDS recognizes attacks through signatures and anomalies while IPS recognizes and responds. These are host or network based devices.

Question 4

D.O.R.A (DHCP)

Answer 4

Discover, Offer, Request, Ack

Question 5

Content Switches/Load Balancers

Answer 5

Distributes incoming requests across the various servers in the server farm.