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SY0-701 · Question #142

During a security incident, the security operations team identified sustained network traffic from a malicious IP address: 10.1.4.9. A security analyst is creating an inbound firewall rule to block…

The correct answer is B. access-list inbound deny ip source 10.1.4.9/32 destination 0.0.0.0/0. /32 would cover all possible subnets, & their communicating devices within the IP range, & destination 0.0.0.0/0 would cover the gateway surface of your network.

Submitted by packet_pusher· Mar 6, 2026Security Operations

Question

During a security incident, the security operations team identified sustained network traffic from a malicious IP address: 10.1.4.9. A security analyst is creating an inbound firewall rule to block the IP address from accessing the organization's network. Which of the following fulfills this request?

Options

  • Aaccess-list inbound deny ip source 0.0.0.0/0 destination 10.1.4.9/32
  • Baccess-list inbound deny ip source 10.1.4.9/32 destination 0.0.0.0/0
  • Caccess-list inbound permit ip source 10.1.4.9/32 destination 0.0.0.0/0
  • Daccess-list inbound permit ip source 0.0.0.0/0 destination 10.1.4.9/32

How the community answered

(55 responses)
  • A
    15% (8)
  • B
    76% (42)
  • C
    7% (4)
  • D
    2% (1)

Explanation

/32 would cover all possible subnets, & their communicating devices within the IP range, & destination 0.0.0.0/0 would cover the gateway surface of your network.

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