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A firewall engineer is migrating port-based rules to application-based rules by using the Policy Optimizer. The engineer needs to ensure that the new application-based rules are future-proofed, and…

The correct answer is D. Add the relevant container application when creating cloned rules. Using Policy Optimizer to migrate to application-based rules, adding the container application (Option D) ensures future-proofing. Container apps (e.g., "web-browsing") include child apps (e.g., specific web services) as signatures evolve, maintaining rule accuracy without…

Submitted by manish99· Apr 18, 2026Deploy and Configure

Question

A firewall engineer is migrating port-based rules to application-based rules by using the Policy Optimizer. The engineer needs to ensure that the new application-based rules are future-proofed, and that they will continue to match if the existing signatures for a specific application are expanded with new child applications. Which action will meet the requirement while ensuring that traffic unrelated to the specific application is not matched?

Options

  • ACreate a custom application and define it by the correct TCP and UDP ports
  • BCreate an application filter based on the existing application category and risk
  • CAdd specific applications that are seen when creating cloned rules
  • DAdd the relevant container application when creating cloned rules

How the community answered

(26 responses)
  • A
    4% (1)
  • B
    12% (3)
  • C
    4% (1)
  • D
    81% (21)

Explanation

Using Policy Optimizer to migrate to application-based rules, adding the container application (Option D) ensures future-proofing. Container apps (e.g., "web-browsing") include child apps (e.g., specific web services) as signatures evolve, maintaining rule accuracy without over- matching unrelated traffic.

Topics

#Application-ID#Policy Optimizer#Security Policy#Container Applications

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