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PCNSE · Question #858

A customer wants to enhance the protection provided by their Palo Alto Networks NGFW deployment to cover public-facing company-owned domains from misconfigurations that point records to third-party…

The correct answer is C. Verify the NGFWs have the Advanced DNS Security and Advanced URL Filtering licenses D. Create or update an Anti-Spyware profile, go to the DNS Policies / DNS Zone Misconfiguration. To protect against DNS misconfigurations, Advanced DNS Security and Advanced URL Filtering licenses (Option C) enable DNS sinkholing and domain monitoring. In an Anti-Spyware profile (Option D), the DNS Policies section allows adding specific domains to detect and block…

Submitted by cyberguy42· Apr 18, 2026Deploy and Configure

Question

A customer wants to enhance the protection provided by their Palo Alto Networks NGFW deployment to cover public-facing company-owned domains from misconfigurations that point records to third-party sources. Which two actions should the network administrator perform to achieve this goal? (Choose two)

Options

  • AVerify the NGFWs have the Advanced DNS Security and Advanced Threat Prevention licenses
  • BCreate or update a Vulnerability Protection profile to the DNS Policies / DNS Zone
  • CVerify the NGFWs have the Advanced DNS Security and Advanced URL Filtering licenses
  • DCreate or update an Anti-Spyware profile, go to the DNS Policies / DNS Zone Misconfiguration

How the community answered

(32 responses)
  • A
    9% (3)
  • B
    19% (6)
  • C
    72% (23)

Explanation

To protect against DNS misconfigurations, Advanced DNS Security and Advanced URL Filtering licenses (Option C) enable DNS sinkholing and domain monitoring. In an Anti-Spyware profile (Option D), the DNS Policies section allows adding specific domains to detect and block misconfigured records pointing to third-party sources.

Topics

#Advanced DNS Security#DNS Policy#Anti-Spyware Profile#Licensing

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