Firewall and IDS Quiz

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Which of the following is the correct definition of a personal firewall?

d) Malware scanner
a) Hardware device that protects a single computer
c) Network-based intrusion detection system
b) Software application that protects a single computer from unwanted Internet traffic (correct)

Which operating system uses Windows Firewall as its built-in personal firewall?

b) macOS
d) Android
c) Windows (correct)
a) Linux

What does IDS stand for in the context of security?

a) Internet Detection System
b) Intrusion Detection System (correct)
d) Intrusion Security Detector
c) Internet Security Device

What does HIDS stand for?

<p>a) Host-Based Intrusion Detection System (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of signature-based detection in IDS?

<p>c) Triggering alerts based on specific strings of bytes (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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Which of the following is the correct definition of a personal firewall? Which operating system uses Windows Firewall as its built-in personal firewall? What does IDS stand for in the context of security? What does HIDS stand for? What is the purpose of signature-based detection in IDS?