Which of the following firewalls examine traffic and filter on…
2023
Which of the following firewalls examine traffic and filter on application-specific commands such as http:post or http:get?
Answer: A. Application gateways — Application gateways operate at the OSI application layer, enabling deep inspection of specific protocol commands like http:post or http:get. Unlike packet…
- A.
Application gateways
- B.
Stateful multilayer inspection firewalls
- C.
Circuit level gateways
- D.
Packet filters
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Correct answer: A
Application gateways operate at the OSI application layer, enabling deep inspection of specific protocol commands like http:post or http:get. Unlike packet filters that work at lower layers, these firewalls understand application-level logic to filter traffic effectively.
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