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PCNSE6 · Question #45

A Palo Alto Networks firewall is being targeted by an NTP Amplification attack and is being flooded with tens of thousands of bogus UDP connections per second to a single destination IP address and…

The correct answer is B. Classified DoS Protection Policy using destination IP only with a Protect action. https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/docs/DOC-1746

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Question

A Palo Alto Networks firewall is being targeted by an NTP Amplification attack and is being flooded with tens of thousands of bogus UDP connections per second to a single destination IP address and port. Which option, when enabled with the correct threshold, would mitigate this attack without dropping legitimate traffic to other hosts inside the network?

Options

  • AZone Protection Policy with UDP Flood Protection
  • BClassified DoS Protection Policy using destination IP only with a Protect action
  • CQoS Policy to throttle traffic below maximum limit
  • DSecurity Policy rule to deny traffic to the IP address and port that is under attack

How the community answered

(27 responses)
  • A
    7% (2)
  • B
    74% (20)
  • C
    4% (1)
  • D
    15% (4)

Explanation

https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/docs/DOC-1746

Topics

#DoS protection#NTP amplification#classified DoS policy#UDP flood

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