If a firewall lacks the processing power to handle incoming traffic, it will drop any packets it cannot process. This is ________.
A) a security failure
B) failing safely
C) Both A and B
D) Neither A nor B

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When a firewall drops packets it cannot process due to lack of processing power, it is failing safely by not allowing potentially harmful traffic to pass through. It is not considered a security failure as the firewall is still performing its primary role of blocking unauthorized access to the network.

If a Firewall Lacks the Processing Power to Handle Incoming