NETSEC-PRO · Question #34
In SSL Forward Proxy, what role does the firewall play in handling encrypted traffic?
The correct answer is B. It acts as a Certificate Authority and decrypts client-side SSL traffic. The firewall intercepts outbound SSL connections, generates a trusted certificate on the fly to present to the client, decrypts the SSL traffic to inspect it for threats, applies security policies, then re-encrypts the traffic before forwarding it to the destination. This makes…
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In SSL Forward Proxy, what role does the firewall play in handling encrypted traffic?
Options
- AIt allows encrypted traffic to pass without inspection
- BIt acts as a Certificate Authority and decrypts client-side SSL traffic
- CIt forces the client to bypass decryption
- DIt uses SSH tunneling to analyze SSL
How the community answered
(59 responses)- A12% (7)
- B80% (47)
- C3% (2)
- D5% (3)
Explanation
The firewall intercepts outbound SSL connections, generates a trusted certificate on the fly to present to the client, decrypts the SSL traffic to inspect it for threats, applies security policies, then re-encrypts the traffic before forwarding it to the destination. This makes the firewall an "invisible" proxy between the client and server, enabling full inspection of encrypted traffic.
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