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312-50V11 · Question #455

Which of the following types of firewalls ensures that the packets are part of the established session?

The correct answer is A. Stateful inspection firewall. A stateful firewall is a network firewall that tracks the operating state and characteristics of network connections traversing it. The firewall is configured to distinguish legitimate packets for different types of connections. Only packets matching a known active connection (se

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Question

Which of the following types of firewalls ensures that the packets are part of the established session?

Options

  • AStateful inspection firewall
  • BCircuit-level firewall
  • CApplication-level firewall
  • DSwitch-level firewall

How the community answered

(33 responses)
  • A
    88% (29)
  • B
    3% (1)
  • C
    6% (2)
  • D
    3% (1)

Explanation

A stateful firewall is a network firewall that tracks the operating state and characteristics of network connections traversing it. The firewall is configured to distinguish legitimate packets for different types of connections. Only packets matching a known active connection (session) are allowed to pass the firewall. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stateful_firewall

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#stateful inspection#session tracking#firewall types#packet filtering

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