GPEN · Question #221
__________ 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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__________ 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
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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