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

The correct answer is A. Stateful inspection firewall. The stateful inspection firewall combines the circuit level and the application level firewall techniques. It assures the session or connection between the two parties is valid. It also inspects packets from the session to assure that the packets are part of the established…

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Options

AStateful inspection firewall
BSwitch-level firewall
CCircuit-level firewall
DApplication-level firewall

How the community answered

(63 responses)

A
81% (51)
B
10% (6)
C
3% (2)
D
6% (4)

Explanation

The stateful inspection firewall combines the circuit level and the application level firewall techniques. It assures the session or connection between the two parties is valid. It also inspects packets from the session to assure that the packets are part of the established session and not Answer: C is incorrect. The circuit-level firewall regulates traffic based on whether or not a trusted connection has been established. Answer: D is incorrect. The application level firewall inspects the contents of packets, rather than the source/destination or connection between the two devices. Answer: B is incorrect. There is no firewall type such as switch-level firewall.

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