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__________ firewall architecture uses two NICs with a screening router inserted between the host and the untrusted network.

The correct answer is B. Screened host. The screened host architecture places a screening router between the untrusted network and a bastion host that has two NICs connecting it to both the router-facing segment and the internal network.

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Question

__________ firewall architecture uses two NICs with a screening router inserted between the host and the untrusted network.

Options

  • Apacket filtering
  • BScreened host
  • CDual homed host
  • DScreened subnet

How the community answered

(52 responses)
  • A
    8% (4)
  • B
    71% (37)
  • C
    4% (2)
  • D
    17% (9)

Why each option

The screened host architecture places a screening router between the untrusted network and a bastion host that has two NICs connecting it to both the router-facing segment and the internal network.

Apacket filtering

Packet filtering refers to the router-level technique of inspecting packets by header fields, not a named firewall architecture that includes a dual-NIC host.

BScreened hostCorrect

A screened host firewall uses a packet-filtering screening router that sits in front of a bastion host. The bastion host has two NICs - one facing the screening router and one facing the internal trusted network - so all inbound traffic is filtered by the router before reaching the host, which then applies application-layer controls.

CDual homed host

A dual-homed host uses two NICs to connect directly to both the trusted and untrusted networks but does not include a separate screening router between itself and the external network.

DScreened subnet

A screened subnet (DMZ) uses two screening routers to isolate a middle network segment, placing the bastion host inside that DMZ rather than behind a single router.

Concept tested: Screened host firewall architecture components

Source: https://www.nist.gov/publications/guidelines-firewalls-and-firewall-policy

Topics

#screened host firewall#network architecture#DMZ#dual NIC

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