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A firewall administrator wants to avoid overflowing the company syslog server with traffic logs. What should the administrator do to prevent the forwarding of DNS traffic logs to syslog?

The correct answer is B. Go to the Log Forwarding profile used to forward traffic logs to syslog.. Create a new log forwarding profile which forwards logs only to Syslog device. Create a specific security policy for DNS traffic https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/general-topics/how-to-stop-dns-traffic-logs-going-to-log- collector/td-p/290425

Submitted by layla.eg· Apr 18, 2026Deploy and Configure

Question

A firewall administrator wants to avoid overflowing the company syslog server with traffic logs. What should the administrator do to prevent the forwarding of DNS traffic logs to syslog?

Options

  • ADisable logging on security rules allowing DNS.
  • BGo to the Log Forwarding profile used to forward traffic logs to syslog.
  • CCreate a security rule to deny DNS traffic with the syslog server in the destination
  • DGo to the Log Forwarding profile used to forward traffic logs to syslog.

How the community answered

(27 responses)
  • B
    89% (24)
  • C
    4% (1)
  • D
    7% (2)

Explanation

Create a new log forwarding profile which forwards logs only to Syslog device. Create a specific security policy for DNS traffic https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/general-topics/how-to-stop-dns-traffic-logs-going-to-log- collector/td-p/290425

Topics

#Log Forwarding Profiles#Syslog#Logging Configuration#Traffic Logs

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