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Answer the following:

How is an application layer firewall different from a packet-filtering firewall?
Why is an application layer firewall sometimes called a proxy server?
What is stateful inspection?
What is a VPN? Why is it becoming more widely used?
What is content filtering, and should it be leveraged on a corporate network? Backup your statement with 2 or 3 facts.

Please pick two peer posts for your responses. Do you agree with their statements on content filtering or disagree and why? Are there other angles they did not add? I expect a minimum of 3 posts per discussion question; the first response will be your initial answer to the discussion question. When responding to a peer’s initial post, I expect more than just “I agree or disagree.” I want you to back up your opinion and add to the overall discussion.

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Question 1:

For any organization’s computer network system, a firewall functions as the main defense against external threats. A packet filter firewall implements packets filters in a network layer as they are transferred at the transport protocol layer.

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