A home user has purchased a subscription for a service that blocks malicious sites by preventing them from resolving correctly. Which of the following settings MOST likely needs to be changed on the u

The correct answer is A. DNS server. The Domain Name System (DNS) is responsible for translating domain names into IP addresses. By blocking malicious sites from resolving correctly, the DNS server is able to prevent the user from accessing those sites. Therefore, the DNS server setting on the user's router needs to

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Question

A home user has purchased a subscription for a service that blocks malicious sites by preventing them from resolving correctly. Which of the following settings MOST likely needs to be changed on the user's router to enable this functionally?

Options

ADNS server
BPort forwarding
CPerimeter network
DUniversal PnP
EDHCP server

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(30 responses)

A
83% (25)
B
10% (3)
D
3% (1)
E
3% (1)

Explanation

The Domain Name System (DNS) is responsible for translating domain names into IP addresses. By blocking malicious sites from resolving correctly, the DNS server is able to prevent the user from accessing those sites. Therefore, the DNS server setting on the user's router needs to be changed to enable this functionality.

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#DNS#Router configuration#Network security#Content filtering

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