What Is the Purpose of the Discard Action of a Firewall

question 22

Multiple Choice

What is the purpose of the discard action of a firewall filter?

• A) The system silently drops the packet.
• B) The system evaluates the next term in the policy.
• C) The system drops the packet and logs the entry.
• D) The system drops the packet and sends an ICMP message.

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