COMPUTER NETWORKING

NETWORK SECURITY

FIREWALLS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Firewall filtering rules are sometimes called ____
A
ACLs
B
ARPs
C
APIs
D
ARLs
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Access Control Lists (ACLs) are a collection of permit and deny conditions, called rules, that provide security by blocking unauthorized users and allowing authorized users to access specific resources.

Detailed explanation-2: -A firewall has one main use and purpose and that is to examine traffic passing through a part of the network and make decisions about what to let through and what to block. ACLs do stateless inspection, which means that the access list looks at a packet and has no knowledge of what has come before it.

Detailed explanation-3: -Access Control List (ACL) refers to a specific set of rules used for filtering network traffic, especially in computer security settings. ACLs also allow specific system objects such as directories or file access to authorized users and denies access to unauthorized users.

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