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A firewall administrator has completed most of the steps required to provision a standalone Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewall. As a final step, the administrator wants to test one of the sec

The correct answer is A. test security -policy-match source <ip_address> destination <IP_address> destination port <port number> protocol <protocol number. Explanation/Reference: If you know the source or destination IP address, the test command from the CLI will search the security policies and display the best match: > test security-policy-match source <source IP> destination <destination IP> protocol <protocol number> The output

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Question

A firewall administrator has completed most of the steps required to provision a standalone Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewall. As a final step, the administrator wants to test one of the security policies. Which CLI command syntax will display the rule that matches the test?

Options

  • Atest security -policy-match source <ip_address> destination <IP_address> destination port <port number> protocol <protocol number
  • Bshow security rule source <ip_address> destination <IP_address> destination port <port number> protocol <protocol number>
  • Ctest security rule source <ip_address> destination <IP_address> destination port <port number> protocol <protocol number>
  • Dshow security-policy-match source <ip_address> destination <IP_address> destination port <port number> protocol <protocol number>

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  • A
    90% (38)
  • B
    2% (1)
  • C
    2% (1)
  • D
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Explanation

Explanation/Reference: If you know the source or destination IP address, the test command from the CLI will search the security policies and display the best match: > test security-policy-match source <source IP> destination <destination IP> protocol <protocol number> The output will show which policy rule will be applied to this traffic match based on the source and destination IP addresses. https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/Management-Articles/How-to-Test-Which-Security-Policy-Applies-to-a-Traffic-Flow/ta-p/53693

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