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If an administrator wants to decrypt SMTP traffic and possesses the server's certificate, which SSL decryption mode will allow the Palo Alto Networks NGFW to inspect traffic to the server?

The correct answer is B. SSL Inbound Inspection. Use SSL Inbound Inspection to decrypt and inspect inbound SSL/TLS traffic from a client to a targeted network server (any server you have the certificate for and can import it onto the firewall) and block suspicious sessions. For example, if an employee is remotely connected to…

Submitted by dimitri_ru· Apr 18, 2026Deploy and Configure

Question

If an administrator wants to decrypt SMTP traffic and possesses the server's certificate, which SSL decryption mode will allow the Palo Alto Networks NGFW to inspect traffic to the server?

Options

  • ATLS Bidirectional Inspection
  • BSSL Inbound Inspection
  • CSSH Forward Proxy
  • DSMTP Inbound Decryption

How the community answered

(52 responses)
  • A
    4% (2)
  • B
    92% (48)
  • C
    2% (1)
  • D
    2% (1)

Explanation

Use SSL Inbound Inspection to decrypt and inspect inbound SSL/TLS traffic from a client to a targeted network server (any server you have the certificate for and can import it onto the firewall) and block suspicious sessions. For example, if an employee is remotely connected to a web server hosted on the company network and is attempting to add restricted internal documents to his Dropbox folder (which uses SSL for data transmission), SSL Inbound Inspection can ensure that the sensitive data does not move outside the secure company network by blocking or restricting the session. On the firewall, you must install the certificate and private key for each server for which you want to perform SSL inbound inspection. You must also install the public key certificate as well as the private key on each firewall that performs SSL inbound inspection. The way the firewall performs SSL inbound inspection depends on the type of key negotiated, Rivest, Shamir, Adleman (RSA) or Perfect Forward Secrecy (PFS). For RSA keys, the firewall performs SSL inbound inspection without terminating the connection. As the encrypted session flows through the firewall, the firewall transparently makes a copy of it and decrypts it so that the firewall can apply the appropriate policy to the traffic. https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/decryption/configure-ssl-inbound-

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#SSL Decryption#Inbound Inspection#NGFW Features#Traffic Inspection

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