You have set a firewall rule that will permit inbound connections to a VM instance named server- 2. You want to apply this rule only if there is not another rule that would deny that traffic. What…

The correct answer is C. 65535. If the rule will have the lowest priority, it will permit inbound traffic/ connections to the VM instance server-2. The large will be the number, the low will be the priority. The lowest priority will ensure that the other rules that match will apply. So, the largest number…

Submitted by mike_84· Mar 30, 2026Configuring access and security

Question

You have set a firewall rule that will permit inbound connections to a VM instance named server- 2. You want to apply this rule only if there is not another rule that would deny that traffic. What priority would you give to this rule?

Options

A1000
B1
C65535
D0

How the community answered

(46 responses)

A
2% (1)
B
4% (2)
C
91% (42)
D
2% (1)

Explanation

If the rule will have the lowest priority, it will permit inbound traffic/ connections to the VM instance server-2. The large will be the number, the low will be the priority. The lowest priority will ensure that the other rules that match will apply. So, the largest number should be selected to make the priority lowest.

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#VPC firewall rules#rule priority#network security#ingress rules

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