PCNSE Network Segmentation and Zone Security 3

Question 1

What is the purpose of a Vulnerability Protection profile in a Palo Alto security policy?

Accepted Answer

To detect and block exploitation attempts targeting network hosts and servers

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To block known malicious IP addresses

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To enforce URL category filtering

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To decrypt SSL traffic for inspection

Question 2

Which Palo Alto Networks zone type is typically used to connect to an untrusted network such as the internet?

Accepted Answer

Untrust Zone

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Trust Zone

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DMZ Zone

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Management Zone

Question 3

What does a DMZ (Demilitarized Zone) in a firewall context represent?

Accepted Answer

A network segment that hosts public-facing services, isolated from both the internet and internal network

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A zone with no security policy applied

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A backup zone used during HA failover

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A zone reserved for management traffic only

Question 4

Which Palo Alto Networks feature enables policy enforcement based on the type of application being used, regardless of port?

Accepted Answer

App-ID Technology

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IP-based Security Policy

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Service-Based Policy

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VLAN Tagging

Question 5

In Palo Alto Networks, what is the purpose of a Security Policy 'Service' field set to 'application-default'?

Accepted Answer

It restricts the allowed ports to those normally used by the identified application

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It allows traffic on any port

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It applies the default threat profile to all traffic

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It enables decryption for the matched application

Question 6

Which traffic flow direction would require a 'Trust to Untrust' security policy rule on a Palo Alto firewall?

Accepted Answer

An internal user browsing the internet

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An external user accessing an internal web server

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A remote VPN user accessing a file server

Answer

Management traffic from Panorama