DEVSECOPS practice question 8 of 10
When of the following BEST describes a type of firewall?
Full set: 39 questionsFirewalls are broadly categorised as network-based (appliance) or host/ computer-based. A computer-based firewall runs on an individual host OS, filtering traffic entering or leaving that specific machine.
B. “System-based” is not a standard firewall class in NIST/ISO literature.
C. Firewalls enforce policy at host or network level, not per user.
D. Cloud-based firewalls describe a deployment model (FWaaS), not a distinct canonical type.
1. NIST SP 800-41 rev1, §5.2 “Host-Based (Personal) Firewalls”.
2. ISO/IEC 27033-4:2014, §8.3 “Host Firewall Implementations”.
3. MIT OCW 6.858, “Network Security” lecture notes, slide 21 (“Host vs. Network Firewalls”).
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