Which of the following firewalls filters traffic based on source and destination IP addresses?

IT Exam Items RepositoryCategory: Introduction to CybersecurityWhich of the following firewalls filters traffic based on source and destination IP addresses?

Which of the following firewalls filters traffic based on source and destination IP addresses?

  • Network layer firewall
  • Proxy server
  • Application layer firewall
  • Transport layer firewall
  • Network address translation firewall

Explanation: A Network layer firewall is designed to filter communications specifically based on source and destination IP addresses. Other firewalls use different criteria, such as data ports for the Transport layer or specific applications for the Application layer.

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