A network administrator recently learned users have been accessing websites that are restricted based on content by the firewall. To prevent users from circumventing the firewall rules, which of the…

The correct answer is B. Proxy server. Users are bypassing the firewall's content filtering by configuring a third-party proxy server in their browser or OS settings, which routes their traffic around the corporate firewall rules. Locking the Proxy Server setting in Windows (via Group Policy) prevents users from…

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Question

A network administrator recently learned users have been accessing websites that are restricted based on content by the firewall. To prevent users from circumventing the firewall rules, which of the following Windows settings should the administrator locks to prevent them from being changed?

Options

ADefault gateway
BProxy server
CWINS server
DDHCP settings

How the community answered

(27 responses)

A
7% (2)
B
74% (20)
C
4% (1)
D
15% (4)

Explanation

Users are bypassing the firewall's content filtering by configuring a third-party proxy server in their browser or OS settings, which routes their traffic around the corporate firewall rules. Locking the Proxy Server setting in Windows (via Group Policy) prevents users from changing this value and forces all traffic through the organization's intended network path. The default gateway (A) controls routing but doesn't affect proxy-based bypasses. WINS (C) is for legacy NetBIOS name resolution and is unrelated. DHCP (D) manages IP address assignment and would not prevent users from manually configuring a proxy.

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