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An administrator wants to prevent hacking attacks through DNS queries to malicious domains. Which two DNS policy actions can the administrator choose in the Anti-Spyware Security Profile? (Choose…

The correct answer is B. block C. sinkhole. An administrator can use 'block' or 'sinkhole' actions in an Anti-Spyware Security Profile to prevent DNS queries to malicious domains.

Submitted by thandi_sa· Apr 18, 2026Securing Traffic

Question

An administrator wants to prevent hacking attacks through DNS queries to malicious domains. Which two DNS policy actions can the administrator choose in the Anti-Spyware Security Profile? (Choose two.)

Options

  • Adeny
  • Bblock
  • Csinkhole
  • Doverride

How the community answered

(29 responses)
  • A
    7% (2)
  • B
    90% (26)
  • D
    3% (1)

Why each option

An administrator can use 'block' or 'sinkhole' actions in an Anti-Spyware Security Profile to prevent DNS queries to malicious domains.

Adeny

'Deny' is a general security policy action, but in the context of DNS policy within Anti-Spyware, 'block' or 'sinkhole' are the specific actions for preventing resolution of malicious domains.

BblockCorrect

The 'block' action prevents a DNS query to a malicious domain from being resolved, effectively stopping communication to known malicious IPs.

CsinkholeCorrect

The 'sinkhole' action redirects DNS queries for malicious domains to a specified sinkhole IP address, allowing the firewall to log and track infected hosts.

Doverride

'Override' is not a standard DNS policy action in Anti-Spyware profiles; it might relate to overriding other settings but not a direct action against malicious DNS queries.

Concept tested: Anti-Spyware DNS policy actions

Source: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/threat-prevention/configure-anti-spyware-security-profiles/anti-spyware-security-profile-actions

Topics

#Anti-Spyware Profile#DNS Security#Threat Prevention#Security Policy Actions

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