You are the security administrator for a bank. The bank staffs are complaining about slowness in the network. However, it is not a particularly busy time of the day. You capture network packets and discover that thousands of ICMP packets have been sent to the host. i. Describe with the help of examples, what type of attack is likely being executed against your network? ii. You are then required to implement a firewall; how would you go on to select the right firewall? Describe the purpose of implementing one or more firewalls and likely configuration of each components.

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You are the security administrator for a bank. The bank staffs are complaining about
slowness in the network. However, it is not a particularly busy time of the day. You
capture network packets and discover that thousands of ICMP packets have been
sent to the host.
i. Describe with the help of examples, what type of attack is likely being executed
against your network?

ii. You are then required to implement a firewall; how would you go on to select the
right firewall? Describe the purpose of implementing one or more firewalls and likely
configuration of each components.

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