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Which of these criteria does the Windows Firewall use to allow or disallow network communication? Pick two.

A) UDP port

B) OS version

C) Geographic location

D) Application name

E) Personal fashion sense


The answer: A) UDP port and D) Application name

Since the Windows Firewall is a software-based personal firewall that runs on a workstation, it can identify use the application name as a filter along with the TCP or UDP port numbers in use.

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