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Which security profile will provide the best protection against ICMP floods, based on individual combinations of a packet`s source and destination IP address?

The correct answer is A. DoS protection. DoS protection profiles are designed to mitigate denial-of-service attacks, including ICMP floods, by tracking and rate-limiting traffic based on source/destination combinations.

Submitted by tyler.j· Apr 18, 2026Securing Traffic

Question

Which security profile will provide the best protection against ICMP floods, based on individual combinations of a packet`s source and destination IP address?

Options

  • ADoS protection
  • BURL filtering
  • Cpacket buffering
  • Danti-spyware

How the community answered

(26 responses)
  • A
    92% (24)
  • B
    4% (1)
  • C
    4% (1)

Why each option

DoS protection profiles are designed to mitigate denial-of-service attacks, including ICMP floods, by tracking and rate-limiting traffic based on source/destination combinations.

ADoS protectionCorrect

DoS protection profiles on firewalls specifically identify and mitigate various types of Denial of Service attacks, such as ICMP floods, by monitoring connection rates and traffic patterns based on source and destination IP addresses. This allows the firewall to block or rate-limit malicious traffic that exceeds predefined thresholds, preventing resource exhaustion.

BURL filtering

URL filtering controls access to web content based on categories and specific URLs, and does not provide protection against network-layer ICMP flood attacks.

Cpacket buffering

Packet buffering is a general function of network devices to temporarily store packets, but it is not a security profile designed to prevent ICMP floods.

Danti-spyware

Anti-spyware profiles detect and prevent malware, including spyware, from infecting systems, and do not address network-layer denial-of-service attacks like ICMP floods.

Concept tested: DoS protection profiles against ICMP floods

Source: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/zone-protection-and-dos-protection/configure-dos-protection-policies

Topics

#DoS protection#Security profiles#ICMP flood#Denial of Service

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