CT-SEC: Certified Tester Security Tester

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QuestionQ8

Testing Security Mechanisms

A firewall has been deployed so that communications can be filtered based on the users initiating the connections and on data according to pattern descriptions.

What type of access-restriction product or mechanism is described?

Explanation

A web application firewall (WAF) can apply filtering based on the users initiating connections and inspect application data against defined patterns. This goes beyond basic network or port filtering, which generally evaluates network-layer addresses, protocols, and ports.

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