Stateful inspection works by adding greater awareness of which layer?
ATerminal
BTrailing
CTemporal
DTransport
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Transport
1. A stateless filter judges each packet alone.
2. Tracking a connection means understanding the layer that makes them.
3. Stateful inspection is accomplished by incorporating greater awareness of the transport layer.
4. So the answer is the transport layer.
_Source: NIST SP 800-41 Rev. 1, 'Guidelines on Firewalls and Firewall Policy'_
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