All students are required to post a substantial (4-5 sentences) opening discussi
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Question
All students are required to post a substantial (4-5 sentences) opening discussion about a particular topic. Use both the CCNA Portable Command Guide and the text as resources. After study, explain the topic and ask some questions. Everyone has to post at least two additional times to other classmates' posts to receive full credit. Quality posts are required for maximum credit.
PLEASE CHOOSE A TOPIC BELOW WITH THE REQUIREMENTS ABOVE
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Potential topics for this week:
ACLs>> named, numbered,
ACLs>> Dynamic/ Lock-and-Key, Reflective ACL, Time-Based ACL
ACLs>> Stateless vs Stateful
Classic FireWalls (CBAC)
FireWalls>> Software-based vs Hardware-based
FireWalls>> Zone-Based Policy Fiewalls //advantages/ operations/ disadvantages
IDS /IPS in band vs out of band modes
IDS---IPS>> Compare and contrast
Network-Based IPS vs. Host-Based IPS
IPS prevention techniques
Explanation / Answer
Firewall: A firewall is a protective system that lies, in between your computer network and the Internet.Fire wall prevents unauthorized use and access to your network.
Hardware-based Firewalls:
Key features of a hardware firewall:
Examples of Hardware firewalls: Cisco ASA serirs and juniper SSG series
Advantages of hardware firewall:
key features of a hardware firewall are:
If you are using multiple servers, hardware firewall might be a better option, since it’s able to handle the traffic for multiple servers efficiently
Disaadvantage of hardware firewalls :They are costiler than software firewalls
Software Firewalls : SoftSoftware firewalls are installed on individual servers. They intercept each connection request and then determine whether the request is valid or not.
Advantages of software firewall.
Now it’s time for a comparison Hardware vs software firewalls :
Qustions And Answer:
1.Hardware firewall uses which method for analysing incoming data like whether it is secured data or not?
A)Pacet filtering
2.Methods used by software firewall to check incoming data security?
A)Proxies
3)Which firewalls are easy to configure and easy to maintain?
A)For configuration software firewall,for maintanance hardware fire walls is easy.
4)Which type of fire wall is best for a big network considering a network which has multiple servers
A)Hardware: Since it is able to handle traffic inbetween servers efectively
5)Which type of fire wal is best for a web server?
A)Software since it is the only server(web server).
6)The ideal firewall configuration consists which type of configuration?
A)Both hardware and software.As both has their own advantages
7)In which type of fare wall a single update protects all machines connected on the network?
A)Hardware as it is installed in a big network
8)Which type of fire walls are Operating sytem specific?
A)Software Fire walls.Because for windows Pc,Linux PC the software Fire wall differ
9)If an update needs to be done in network,in which type of fire wall we need to go to each and every system in the network where it is present and install the update??
A) Software firewall.Bcz it is installed on single computer
10)Which one is firewall do u use for home computers?
A)Software firewal..Because it is related to individual system