A network designer has chosen to specify the use of a dedicated firewall appliance at the perimeter of a large network. Why would the designer use a dedicated firewall rather than using the Cisco IOS firewall feature set on the existing router?
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A network designer has chosen to specify the use of a dedicated firewall appliance at the perimeter of a large network. Why would the designer use a dedicated firewall rather than using the Cisco IOS firewall feature set on the existing router?
- Traffic filtering is needed on the internal LAN.
- Multiple levels of access to the network are needed.
- The DMZ requires packet filtering and port blocking.
- Heavy network traffic will be handled best by using a dedicated device.
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