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PSE-PLATFORM · Question #265

A Security policy rule is configured with a Vulnerability Protection Profile and an action of `Deny". Which action will this cause configuration on the matched traffic?

The correct answer is D. The configuration is valid. It will cause the firewall to deny the matched sessions. Any configured Security Profiles have no effect if the Security policy rule. Explanation/Reference: "Security profiles are not used in the match criteria of a traffic flow. The security profile is applied to scan traffic after the application or category is allowed by the security policy." https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/8-1/pan-os-admin/policy/s

Security Policy

Question

A Security policy rule is configured with a Vulnerability Protection Profile and an action of `Deny". Which action will this cause configuration on the matched traffic?

Options

  • AThe configuration is invalid. The Profile Settings section will be grayed out when the Action is set to "Deny".
  • BThe configuration will allow the matched session unless a vulnerability is detected. The "Deny" action will supersede the per-severity defined actions defined in
  • CThe configuration is invalid. It will cause the firewall to skip this Security policy rule. A warning will be displayed during a commit.
  • DThe configuration is valid. It will cause the firewall to deny the matched sessions. Any configured Security Profiles have no effect if the Security policy rule

How the community answered

(31 responses)
  • A
    10% (3)
  • B
    16% (5)
  • C
    3% (1)
  • D
    71% (22)

Explanation

Explanation/Reference: "Security profiles are not used in the match criteria of a traffic flow. The security profile is applied to scan traffic after the application or category is allowed by the security policy." https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/8-1/pan-os-admin/policy/security-profiles.html#

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#Security policy#Vulnerability Protection Profile#Deny action#Security Profiles

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