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SY0-301 · Question #188

Which of the following network architecture concepts is used to securely isolate at the boundary between networks?

The correct answer is C. DMZ. A DMZ is a network architecture concept that places a security boundary between untrusted external networks and trusted internal networks, isolating exposed services.

Security architecture

Question

Which of the following network architecture concepts is used to securely isolate at the boundary between networks?

Options

  • AVLAN
  • BSubnetting
  • CDMZ
  • DNAT

How the community answered

(20 responses)
  • A
    5% (1)
  • C
    90% (18)
  • D
    5% (1)

Why each option

A DMZ is a network architecture concept that places a security boundary between untrusted external networks and trusted internal networks, isolating exposed services.

AVLAN

VLANs logically segment traffic within an internal network but are not specifically designed to enforce security isolation at the boundary between trusted and untrusted networks.

BSubnetting

Subnetting divides an IP address space into smaller logical networks for management and routing purposes, not specifically for security boundary isolation.

CDMZCorrect

A DMZ (demilitarized zone) creates an intermediate network segment separated from both the public internet and the internal network by firewalls. Services accessible from the outside (e.g., web servers) are placed in the DMZ so that a compromise does not grant direct access to the internal network, providing security isolation at network boundaries.

DNAT

NAT translates private IP addresses to public ones, which provides some obscurity, but it is not a network isolation mechanism designed to enforce security boundaries.

Concept tested: DMZ network boundary isolation

Source: https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/publications/Layering-Network-Security-Through-Segmentation_S508C.pdf

Topics

#DMZ#network segmentation#perimeter security#boundary protection

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