Network Appliances

Question 1

What is a Network Appliance?

Answer 1

Hardware devices with pre-installed software designed to provide specific networking services

Question 2

What is a Load Balancer?

Answer 2

Allows traffic from a network to be redirected to another server in case the first one fails

Question 3

What is a Proxy Server?

Answer 3

Intermediary between clients and servers to provide content caching, requests filtering, and login management

Question 4

What is a Network Sensor?

Answer 4

Designed to monitor, detect, and analyze network traffic and data flow across a network in order to identify unusual activities, security breaches, and performance issues

Question 5

What is a Jump Server/ Jump Box?

Answer 5

Secure gateways for system admins to access devices across different security zones within the network