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Which Statement about personal firewalls is true?
The correct answer is D. They can protect a system by denying probing requests. Drop or ignore any probing requests sent to certain service ports on your system. This can mask the presence of the computer from the attacker who is fooled into thinking that no machine is
Content and Endpoint Security
Question
Which Statement about personal firewalls is true?
Options
- AThey are resilient against kernal attacks
- BThey can protect email messages and private documents in a similar way to a VPN
- CThey can protect the network against attacks
- DThey can protect a system by denying probing requests
How the community answered
(30 responses)- B3% (1)
- C3% (1)
- D93% (28)
Explanation
Drop or ignore any probing requests sent to certain service ports on your system. This can mask the presence of the computer from the attacker who is fooled into thinking that no machine is
Topics
#personal firewall#host-based firewall#endpoint protection#probing defense
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