CompTIA Exam N10-009 Topic 1 Question 26 Discussion

Actual exam question for CompTIA's N10-009 exam

Question #: 26
Topic #: 1

A network administrator wants to restrict inbound traffic to allow only HTTPS to the company website, denying all other inbound traffic from the internet. Which of the following would best accomplish this goal?

AACL on the edge firewall

BPort security on an access switch

CContent filtering on a web gateway

DURL filtering on an outbound proxy

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Suggested Answer: A

AnAccess Control List (ACL)configured on theedge firewallis the correct and most effective solution tofilter inbound traffic. The administrator can allow TCP port 443 (HTTPS) and deny all other traffic. This is a classic firewall configuration for securing public-facing servers.

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by Mohammad at Jul 03, 2025, 09:49 AM

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Anglea

2 days ago

URL filtering on an outbound proxy? What is this, the '90s? Let's keep it simple and go with the firewall ACL.

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Audra

3 days ago

Content filtering on a web gateway? Pfft, that's overkill. Just lock it down at the firewall and be done with it.

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19 days ago

I think the best option is A) ACL on the edge firewall.

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