Computer Science: An Overview: Global Edition (12th Edition)

Published by Pearson Higher Education
ISBN 10: 1292061162
ISBN 13: 978-1-29206-116-0

Chapter 4 - Networking and the Internet - Chapter Review Problems - Page 213: 45

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Firewalls can be placed at different layers of the TCP/IP protocol hierarchy to filter incoming traffic. For message content filtering, a firewall can be placed at the application layer. For source address filtering, it can be placed at the network layer. And for filtering based on the type of application, it can also be placed at the application layer.
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