Chapter 22

1: The Cisco IOS Firewall feature set is built around the concept of preventing what?
A1: Answer: The Cisco IOS Firewall feature set is built around the concept of preventing unauthorized access to your protected network resources.
2: When an attacker opens a large number of half-open TCP connections, this is what type of attack?
A2: Answer: This is a DoS attack, designed to deny legitimate users access to your resources.
3: TCP intercept, by default, drops which connection first?
A3: Answer: TCP intercept drops the oldest half-open connection first.
4: What feature in the Cisco IOS Firewall gives you intelligent filtering of TCP and UDP packets?
A4: Answer: Context-Based Access Control (CBAC) gives you intelligent filtering of TCP and

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