A network engineer recorded the following test results: After a new network security appliance was deployed, the results of the network test are as follows: Which of the following network…

The correct answer is A. IPS. The drastic latency increase and the dropped connection indicate packet inspection and filtering behavior. An Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) actively inspects, filters, and can block traffic based on threat signatures, which explains the drop and increased latency after

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Question

A network engineer recorded the following test results:

After a new network security appliance was deployed, the results of the network test are as follows:

Which of the following network infrastructure components most likely produced these results?

Exhibits

Options

AIPS
BCDN
CVPN
DIDS

How the community answered

(28 responses)

A
75% (21)
B
11% (3)
C
11% (3)
D
4% (1)

Explanation

The drastic latency increase and the dropped connection indicate packet inspection and filtering behavior. An Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) actively inspects, filters, and can block traffic based on threat signatures, which explains the drop and increased latency after

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