FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER

TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS

HOW STAR BUS RING MESH TOPOLOGY CONNECT COMPUTER NETWORKS IN ORGANIZATIONS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is a firewall. What does it protect
A
A wall of fire
B
Firewalls provide protection against outside cyber attackers by shielding your computer or network from malicious or unnecessary network traffic.
C
It’s something that you encounter in minecraft
D
It is where fire ants live
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Description-Firewalls provide protection against outside attackers by shielding your computer or network from malicious or unnecessary Internet traffic. Firewalls can be configured to block data from certain locations while allowing the relevant and necessary data through.

Detailed explanation-2: -What do firewalls do? Firewalls provide protection against outside cyber attackers by shielding your computer or network from malicious or unnecessary network traffic. Firewalls can also prevent malicious software from accessing a computer or network via the internet.

Detailed explanation-3: -Option A Solution: Firewalls are used to protect the computer network and restricts illicit traffic. Denial of Service (DoS) attack is one such automated attack which a firewall with proper settings and the updated version can resist and stop from getting executed.

Detailed explanation-4: -A firewall safeguards your PC against harmful data by filtering them out of the system. It protects against backdoors, denial-of-service attacks, macros, remote logins, spam, and viruses. A backdoor is a way to gain access to an application with a vulnerability that attackers exploit to gain access.

Detailed explanation-5: -The correct answer is A system that prevents unauthorized access to a private network. A firewall is a system that prevents unauthorized access to a private network. It is a type of cybersecurity tool that is used to filter traffic on a network.

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