When a Packet That Is Part of an Ongoing Connection

question 77

Multiple Choice

When a packet that is part of an ongoing connection arrives at a stateful inspection firewall,the firewall usually ________.

• A) drops the packet
• B) drops the packet and notifies an administrator
• C) passes the packet
• D) passes the packet, but notifies an administrator

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Definitions:

Treaty of Lubeck

A peace agreement signed in 1629 that ended the conflict between the Holy Roman Emperor and Denmark-Norway during the Thirty Years' War.

Thirty Years' War

A destructive conflict in Central Europe between 1618-1648, involving many European powers, initially fought largely as a religious war between Protestants and Catholics.

Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre

A targeted group of assassinations, followed by a wave of Catholic mob violence, against the Huguenots (French Calvinist Protestants) in 1572.

Huguenots

French Protestants who followed the Reformed tradition, heavily persecuted in France before being granted rights in the Edict of Nantes in 1598.