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An engineer is reviewing a ticket that requests to allow traffic for some devices that must connect to a server over 8699/udp. The request mentions only one IP address, 172.16.18.15, but the…
The correct answer is D. Filter the connection events by the destination port 8699/udp. To identify all machines that have been trying to connect to a specific server (172.16.18.15) on a particular destination port (8699/udp) over the last week, the engineer should filter the Cisco FMC connection events by the destination port 8699/udp.
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An engineer is reviewing a ticket that requests to allow traffic for some devices that must connect to a server over 8699/udp. The request mentions only one IP address, 172.16.18.15, but the requestor asked for the engineer to open the port for all machines that have been trying to connect to it over the last week. Which action must the engineer take to troubleshoot this issue?
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- AUse the context explorer to see the application blocks by protocol.
- BUse the context explorer to see the destination port blocks
- CFilter the connection events by the source port 8699/udp.
- DFilter the connection events by the destination port 8699/udp.
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(47 responses)- A11% (5)
- B2% (1)
- C4% (2)
- D83% (39)
Why each option
To identify all machines that have been trying to connect to a specific server (172.16.18.15) on a particular destination port (8699/udp) over the last week, the engineer should filter the Cisco FMC connection events by the destination port 8699/udp.
Using context explorer to see application blocks by protocol is too broad; the request is for a specific server and port, and the goal is to find sources, not just general application blocks.
Using context explorer to see destination port blocks is a possibility, but directly filtering 'connection events' provides more granular detail including source IPs and exact timestamps, which is more effective for this specific troubleshooting scenario.
Filtering by the source port 8699/udp is incorrect because 8699/udp is the destination port on the server; the source ports for clients would be ephemeral, not the service port.
The request specifies allowing traffic to a server on port 8699/udp. To identify all client machines that have been trying to connect to this server on this specific port, filtering connection events by the destination port 8699/udp will show all traffic targeting that service, including blocked attempts, and reveal the source IPs of those trying to connect.
Concept tested: Cisco FMC connection event analysis
Source: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/security/firepower/64/configuration/guide/fpmc-config-guide-64/event_viewer.html
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