Question

Application layer firewalls are also called ____________

(a) first generation firewalls

(b) second generation firewalls

(c) third generation firewalls

(d) fourth generation firewalls

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Answer 1

The correct answer is (c) third generation firewalls

To elaborate: Application layer firewalls are also called third generation firewalls. They came into the picture in around 1995-1998. Application level gateway firewalls are helped in making the network performance smooth for logging traffic.