GIAC Security Essentials
Domain 2Objective 2
Network Security Devices GSEC Practice Questions (Page 7)
Part of the Network Security domain, which makes up ~17% of our current practice bank. GIAC (SANS) does not publish an official question count, but from its 240-minute exam (~95–160 total, ~16–27 in this domain), expect 4–7 from this objective — we provide 51 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)
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Questions 31–35
- 31
Which type of firewall tracks the state of active connections and makes decisions based on the context of the traffic flow, such as whether a packet is part of an established session?
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What feature distinguishes a Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) from a traditional stateful firewall?
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What type of firewall is specifically designed to protect web applications by filtering and monitoring HTTP traffic?
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Which device is designed to be placed inline in the network path and can automatically drop packets that match a known attack signature?
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A firewall is configured to allow inbound TCP port 80 traffic from any source to a web server. Which type of firewall is most likely being used if it only examines the source/destination IP addresses and ports in each packet independently?
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