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N10-005 · Question #31

A network administrator is responding to a statement of direction made by senior management to implement network protection that will inspect packets as they enter the network. Which of the…

The correct answer is D. Stateful firewall. Stateful firewall keeps track of the state of network connections (such asTCP streams, UDP communication) traveling across it. The firewall is programmed to distinguish legitimate packets for different types of connections. Only packets matching a known active connection will…

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Question

A network administrator is responding to a statement of direction made by senior management to implement network protection that will inspect packets as they enter the network. Which of the following technologies would be used?

Options

  • APacket sniffer
  • BStateless firewall
  • CPacket filter
  • DStateful firewall

How the community answered

(14 responses)
  • B
    7% (1)
  • C
    7% (1)
  • D
    86% (12)

Explanation

Stateful firewall keeps track of the state of network connections (such asTCP streams, UDP communication) traveling across it. The firewall is programmed to distinguish legitimate packets for different types of connections. Only packets matching a known active connection will be allowed by the firewall; others will be rejected.

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#stateful firewall#packet inspection#network security#firewall types

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