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Which of these comes under the advantage of Circuit-level gateway firewalls?
A
They maintain anonymity and also inexpensive
B
They are light-weight
C
They’re expensive yet efficient
D
They preserve IP address privacy yet expensive
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -3. Which of these comes under the advantage of Circuit-level gateway firewalls? Explanation: For a private network, or for organizations, circuit-level gateway firewalls maintain anonymity. They’re also inexpensive as compared to other firewall types.

Detailed explanation-2: -Advantage: Circuit level gateways are comparatively inexpensive and provide Anonymity to the private network. Disadvantage: Circuit level Gateways do not filter Individual Packets.

Detailed explanation-3: -A circuit-level gateway is a firewall that offers control over network traffic predominantly in the session layer. It delivers security for TCP and UDP networks by verifying packets and connection requests on a virtual circuit between two transport layers.

Detailed explanation-4: -While circuit-level gateways provide a higher level of security than packet filtering firewalls, they should be used in conjunction with other systems. For example, circuit-level gateways are typically used alongside application-level gateways.

Detailed explanation-5: -Packet Filtering Firewalls. Packet filtering firewalls are the oldest, most basic type of firewalls. Circuit-Level Gateways. Stateful Inspection Firewalls. Application-Level Gateways (Proxy Firewalls) 04-Nov-2020

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