ISC2 CC Network Security Practice Question
A firewall that filters traffic based solely on source and destination IP addresses and ports without considering the state of connections is known as a:
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Stateless firewall
A stateless (packet-filtering) firewall examines each packet independently and does not track connection state.
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Application proxy
Why it's wrong here
Application proxies inspect application-layer data.
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Stateless firewall
Why this is correct
Stateless firewalls inspect packets individually.
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Stateful firewall
Why it's wrong here
Stateful firewalls track connection state.
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Next-generation firewall
Why it's wrong here
NGFWs include additional features like application awareness.
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