A Packet Filtering Firewall system is considered a:

The correct answer is A. first generation firewall. Packet filtering firewalls are considered first-generation firewalls. They operate at the network layer (Layer 3) and filter traffic based solely on packet header attributes such as source/destination IP addresses and ports. Second-generation firewalls are stateful inspection…

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

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Afirst generation firewall.
Bsecond generation firewall.
Cthird generation firewall.
Dfourth generation firewall.

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A
87% (40)
B
2% (1)
C
4% (2)
D
7% (3)

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Packet filtering firewalls are considered first-generation firewalls. They operate at the network layer (Layer 3) and filter traffic based solely on packet header attributes such as source/destination IP addresses and ports. Second-generation firewalls are stateful inspection firewalls. Third-generation firewalls are application layer (proxy) firewalls. Fourth-generation firewalls are dynamic packet filtering or next-generation firewalls.

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