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Question
A Network Engineer is charged with maintaining and protecting a network with a high availability requirement. In addition to other defenses, they have chosen to implement a NIPS. How should the NIPS failure conditions be configured to ensure availability if the NIPS is installed in front of the Firewall that protects the DMZ?
Options
- AFail safe
- BFail smart
- CFail-closed
- DFail-open
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