Unit 4 Firewalls Ports

The Windows Firewall protects computers from

• Email viruses

• Phishing scams

• Unencrypted network access

• unauthorized network connections.

Windows Firewall is a built-in. host-based, _____ firewall.

• Stateful

• Network Layer

• Packet Filter

• stateless

You are trying to establish communications between a client computer and a server. The server is not responding. You confirm that both the client and the server have network connectivity. Which should you check next?

• Microsoft Update
• Data Execution Prevention
• Windows Firewall
• Active Directory Domains and Trusts

You are trying to connect to an FTP server on the Internet from a computer in a school lab.
You cannot get a connection. You try on another computer with the same results. The computers in the lab are able to browse the Internet. You are able to connect to this FTP server from home.
What could be blocking the connection to the server?

• A layer-2 switch
• A wireless access point
• A firewall
• A layer-2 hub

Also known as a proxy server. Works by performing a deep inspection of application data as it traverses the firewall. Rules are set by analyzing client requests and application responses, then enforcing correct application behavior.

• application-level firewall
• buffer overflow attack
• Host Firewall
• honey net

Typically considered second-generation firewall technology. Works in a similar fashion to packet-filtering firewalls, but operates at the transport and session layers of the OSI model.

• circuit-level firewall
• denial-of-service (DoS) attack
• demilitarized zone (DMZ)
• strong password

Which type of firewall allows for inspection of all characteristics of a packet?

• NAT

• Stateful

• Stateless

• Windows Defender

You are setting up Remote Desktop on your computer. Your computer is a member of a domain.

Your firewall configuration is shown in the following image:

You need to allow Remote Desktop to be able to get through your firewall for users on your company's

network.

Which settings should you enable?

• Remote Assistance: Home/Work (Private)

• Remote Desktop: Public

• Remote Desktop: Home/Work (Private)

• Remote Assistance: Domain

A type of software firewall installed on a host and used to protect the host from network–based attacks.

• host firewall

• statefull firewall

• Application Firewall

• VPN

A category of software firewall consists of applications that are installed on servers used to protect network segments from other network segments.

• network firewall

• stateful firewall

• personal firewall

• Chinese great wall