Network Security - Firewalls Lab

This lab is part of a series of lab exercises designed to supplement coursework and provide students with a hands-on training experience based on real-world applications. This series of lab exercises is intended to support courseware for CompTIA Network+® certification.

This lab will explore firewalls in the IT environment. Students will view and configure the two firewalls that come inherent in Windows operating systems as well as create a firewall rule within the Linux Kali 2 operating environment.

This lab includes the following tasks:

Enable Windows Firewall using the Control Panel View Windows Firewall features using the Control Panel Configure Windows Firewall using the Control Panel View and Configure Windows Firewall with Advanced Security (WFAS) using Administrative Tools Enable a firewall on a Linux system and enable Firewall rules.