FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER

COMPUTER THREATS SECURITY

WHAT IS A FIREWALL IN NETWORK SECURITY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What does a router acting as a firewall use to control which packets are forwarded or dropped?
A
ACL
B
IPsec
C
PPTP
D
RDP
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -When you configure a router as a firewall, you configure the access control list (ACL) with statements that identify traffic characteristics, such as the direction of traffic (inbound or outbound), the source or destination IP address, and the port number.

Detailed explanation-2: -An ACL works as a stateless firewall. While a stateful firewall examines the contents of network packets, a stateless firewall only checks if the packets follow the defined security rules. ACLs are tables containing access rules found on network interfaces such as routers and switches.

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Detailed explanation-4: -To start with, Firewalls perform Stateful inspection while ACLs are limited to being Stateless only. Stateful is a per-flow packet inspection, whereas Stateless (ACL) is a per-packet packet inspection. In other words, ‘state’ of flow is tracked and remembered by traditional firewall .

Detailed explanation-5: -Which of the following does a router use to determine where packets are forwarded to? EXPLANATION Routers use a routing table to determine where network packets are forwarded to. Router access control lists (ACLs) can be configured to increase security and limit traffic, much like a firewall but on the router level.

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