A SOHO customer would like to purchase network hardware to enhance security. The hardware should perform stateful packet inspection. Which of the following would BEST address the customer's need?

The correct answer is B. Firewall. A firewall is a network device that performs stateful packet inspection, which means it analyzes incoming and outgoing network traffic based on predefined rules and filters, and allows or blocks packets based on their source, destination, protocol, port, or content. A firewall ca

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ASwitch
BFirewall
CRouter
DProxy

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A firewall is a network device that performs stateful packet inspection, which means it analyzes incoming and outgoing network traffic based on predefined rules and filters, and allows or blocks packets based on their source, destination, protocol, port, or content. A firewall can enhance security by preventing unauthorized access, blocking malicious traffic, enforcing policies, and logging events. A firewall can be hardware-based or software-based, or a combination of both.

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#Firewall#Network Security#Stateful Packet Inspection#SOHO Networking

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