Pete, the system administrator, wants to restrict access to advertisements, games, and gambling web sites. Which of the following devices would BEST achieve this goal?

The correct answer is C. URL content filter. A URL content filter (also called a web content filter) is specifically designed to block access to websites based on their category or URL. It can be configured with category-based rules to block entire classes of sites such as advertisements, games, and gambling. A firewall…

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AFirewall
BSwitch
CURL content filter
DSpam filter

How the community answered

(26 responses)

A
8% (2)
B
4% (1)
C
88% (23)

Explanation

A URL content filter (also called a web content filter) is specifically designed to block access to websites based on their category or URL. It can be configured with category-based rules to block entire classes of sites such as advertisements, games, and gambling. A firewall (A) operates on ports and protocols but cannot distinguish the content category of a website without deep packet inspection. A switch (B) is a Layer 2 networking device that forwards frames based on MAC addresses and has no content-filtering capability. A spam filter (D) is designed to filter unwanted email, not web traffic.

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