Which of the following firewalls filters traffic based on source and destination data ports and filtering based on connection states?

IT Exam Items RepositoryCategory: Introduction to CybersecurityWhich of the following firewalls filters traffic based on source and destination data ports and filtering based on connection states?

Which of the following firewalls filters traffic based on source and destination data ports and filtering based on connection states?

  • Network address translation firewall
  • Network layer firewall
  • Transport layer firewall
  • Application layer firewall
  • Host-based firewall

Explanation: A Transport layer firewall is specifically designed to filter communications based on source and destination data ports, as well as the connection states of the network traffic. Other firewalls, like the Network layer firewall, focus instead on source and destination IP addresses.

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