Packet Filtering Firewalls examines both the source and destination address of the:

The correct answer is A. incoming and outgoing data packets. Packeting filtering firewalls are devices that enforce administrative security policies by filtering incoming traffic as well as outgoing traffic based on rules that can include the source and/or destination addresses. "Outgoing data packets" is incorrect. Firewalls filter…

Submitted by yuriko_h· Apr 18, 2026Network and Communications Security

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Aincoming and outgoing data packets
Boutgoing data packets only
CIncoming Data packets only
Duser data packet

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A
89% (24)
B
4% (1)
D
7% (2)

Explanation

Packeting filtering firewalls are devices that enforce administrative security policies by filtering incoming traffic as well as outgoing traffic based on rules that can include the source and/or destination addresses. "Outgoing data packets" is incorrect. Firewalls filter incoming as well as outgoing traffic. This is sometimes called Egress and Ingress filtering. "Incoming data packets only" is incorrect. (see previous explantion) "User data packet" is incorrect. A packet filtering firewall does not typicallly look into the data portion of the packet.

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#Firewalls#Packet Filtering#Network Security#Traffic Inspection

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