COMPUTER THREATS SECURITY
WHAT IS A FIREWALL IN NETWORK SECURITY
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -What are inbound and outbound rules? Inbound firewall rules protect the network against incoming traffic, such as disallowed connections, malware, and denial-of-service (DoS) attacks. Outbound firewall rules protect against outgoing traffic, originating inside a network.
Detailed explanation-2: -Inbound refers to connections coming-in to a specific device (host/server) from a remote location. e.g. A Web Browser connecting to your Web Server is an inbound connection (to your Web Server) Outbound refers to connections going-out to a specific device from a device/host.
Detailed explanation-3: -Firewalls are typically designed to prevent inbound traffic from entering a network, but they can also prevent outside connections from receiving outbound traffic.
Detailed explanation-4: -Firewalls are filters network traffic which follows a set of rules and can either be used as hardware or software device. They are often categorized as network or host-based firewalls. Network firewall filter traffic between two or more networks while host networks run on host computers.