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NEW QUESTION # 65
Which virtual router feature determines if a specific destination IP address is reachable?
- A. Failover
- B. Ping-Path
- C. Heartbeat Monitoring
- D. Path Monitoring
Answer: D
Explanation:
Reference: https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/documentation/71/pan-os/pan-os/policy/pbf
NEW QUESTION # 66
Which command can be used to validate a Captive Portal policy?
- A. debug cp-policy <criteria>
- B. eval captive-portal policy <criteria>
- C. request cp-policy-eval <criteria>
- D. test authentication-policy-match <criteria>
Answer: D
Explanation:
https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/8-0/pan-os-cli-quick-start/use-the-cli/test-the- configuration/test-policy-matches
NEW QUESTION # 67
An administrator needs to troubleshoot a User-ID deployment The administrator believes that there is an issue related to LDAP authentication The administrator wants to create a packet capture on the management plane Which CLI command should the administrator use to obtain the packet capture for validating the configuration^
- A. > scp export mgmt-pcap from mgmt.pcap to {usernameQhost:path>
- B. > ftp export mgmt-pcap from mgmt.pcap to <FTP host>
- C. > scp export pcap-mgmt from pcap.mgmt to (username@host:path)
- D. > scp export pcap from pcap to (usernameQhost:path)
Answer: C
Explanation:
Explanation
Additionally, you can manually export the PCAP via SCP or TFTP, i.e.: > scp export mgmt-pcap from mgmt.pcap to <value> Destination (username@host:path) Ref:
https://knowledgebase.paloaltonetworks.com/KCSArticleDetail?id=kA10g000000CleECAS
NEW QUESTION # 68
Refer to Exhibit:
A firewall has three PDF rules and a default route with a next hop of 172.29.19.1 that is configured in the default VR. A user named XX-bes a PC with a 192.168.101.10 IP address.
He makes an HTTPS connection to 172.16.10.29.
What is the next hop IP address for the HTTPS traffic from Wills PC.
- A. 172.20.40.1
- B. 172.20.20.1
- C. 172.20.10.1
- D. 172.20.30.1
Answer: B
NEW QUESTION # 69
Based on the graphic, which statement accurately describes the output shown in the Server Monitoring panel?
- A. The host lab-client has been found by a domain controller.
- B. The User-ID agent is connected to a domain controller labeled lab-client.
- C. The User-ID agent is connected to the firewall labeled lab-client.
- D. The host lab-client has been found by the User-ID agent.
Answer: B
Explanation:
https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/9-1/pan-os-admin/user-id/user-id-concepts/user- mapping/server-monitoring
NEW QUESTION # 70
A firewall should be advertising the static route 10.2.0.0/24 Into OSPF. The configuration on the neighbor is correct, but the route is not in the neighbor's routing table.
Which two configurations should you check on the firewall? (Choose two.)
- A. In the redistribution profile check that the source type is set to "ospf."
- B. In the OSFP configuration, ensure that the correct redistribution profile is selected in the OSPF Export Rules section.
- C. Within the redistribution profile ensure that Redist is selected.
- D. Ensure that the OSPF neighbor state Is "2-Way."
Answer: B,C
Explanation:
Explanation
A redistribution profile defines which routes from one routing protocol are redistributed into another routing protocol. In the OSPF configuration, the OSPF Export Rules section allows you to select which redistribution profiles to apply for exporting routes into OSPF. Within the redistribution profile, you need to select Redist as the option to redistribute the routes that match the profile filter. If you select No Redist, the routes that match the profile filter will not be redistributed. Ensuring that the OSPF neighbor state is "2-Way" is not relevant for advertising a static route into OSPF, as this state indicates that the neighbor relationship is established but not synchronized. In the redistribution profile, the source type should be set to "static" if you want to redistribute a static route into OSPF, not "ospf". References:
https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/10-1/pan-os-networking-admin/route-redistribution/configure-ro
https://knowledgebase.paloaltonetworks.com/KCSArticleDetail?id=kA10g000000ClfnCAC
NEW QUESTION # 71
O: 49
A client is concerned about resource exhaustion because of denial-of-service attacks against their DNS servers.
Which option will protect the individual servers?
- A. Apply an Anti-Spyware Profile with DNS sinkholing.
- B. Use the DNS App-ID with application-default.
- C. Enable packet buffer protection on the Zone Protection Profile.
- D. Apply a classified DoS Protection Profile.
Answer: D
Explanation:
Explanation
https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/8-0/pan-os-admin/zone-protection-and-dos-protection/zone-defense/do To protect critical web or DNS servers on your network, protect the individual servers. To do this, set appropriate flooding and resource protection thresholds in a DoS protection profile, and create a DoS protection policy rule that applies the profile to each server's IP address by adding the IP addresses as the rule's destination criteria.
NEW QUESTION # 72
When a malware-infected host attempts to resolve a known command-and-control server, the traffic matches a security policy with DNS sinkhole enabled, generating a traffic log.
What will be the destination IP address in that log entry?
- A. The IP address of one of the external DNS servers identified in the anti-spyware database.
- B. The IP address of the command-and-control server.
- C. The IP address of sinkhole.paloaltonetworks.com
- D. The IP address specified in the sinkhole configuration.
Answer: D
Explanation:
Change the "Action on DNS queries" to 'sinkhole'.
Click in the Sinkhole IPv4 field and type in the fake IP. The example here shows using 1.1.1.1 for simplicity, but as long as this fake IP is not used inside of the network, then it should be Ok.
Alternatively, you can also use either a Loopback IP (127.0.0.1) or Palo Alto Networks Sinkhole IP (71.19.152.112).
https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/Configuration-Articles/How-to-Configure-DNS-Sinkhole/ta- p/58891
NEW QUESTION # 73
An engineer configures a specific service route in an environment with multiple virtual systems instead of using the inherited global service route configuration.
What type of service route can be used for this configuration?
- A. Inherit Global Setting
- B. Destination-Based Service Route
- C. IPv4 Source Interface
- D. IPv6 Source or Destination Address
Answer: C
Explanation:
The IPv4 Source Interface service route allows the administrator to specify a source interface for a service based on the virtual system. This option overrides the inherited global service route configuration and provides more granular control over the service routes for each virtual system. Reference:
https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/10-1/pan-os-admin/virtual-systems/customize-service-routes-for-a-virtual-system.html
NEW QUESTION # 74
A superuser is tasked with creating administrator accounts for three contractors. For compliance purposes, all three contractors will be working with different device-groups in their hierarchy to deploy policies and objects Which type of role-based access is most appropriate for this project?
- A. Create a Device Group and Template Admin
- B. Create a Dynamic Admin with the Panorama Administrator role
- C. Create a Dynamic Read only superuser.
- D. Create a Custom Panorama Admin
Answer: A
Explanation:
Custom Panorama Admin: Custom Panorama Admin roles allow you to customize the elements of Panorama that an administrator can access. You can hide tabs in the web interface, you can set specific items in Panorama to read-only, or you can limit an administrator's access to Panorama plugins. Custom Panorama Admin roles require planning and configuration, but they provide extensive flexibility because you can control what administrators can access through the web interface or the CLI. Device Group and Template Admin:
Device Group and Template Admin roles also require configuration because there are no built-in examples.
These Admin Roles allow you to define which Panorama templates or Panorama device groups an administrator can access and configure. You can hide tabs in the web interface or set specific items to read only to control what administrators can configure.
NEW QUESTION # 75
An engineer is troubleshooting traffic routing through the virtual router. The firewall uses multiple routing protocols, and the engineer is trying to determine routing priority Match the default Administrative Distances for each routing protocol.
Answer:
Explanation:
NEW QUESTION # 76
Which feature prevents the submission of corporate login information into website forms?
- A. File blocking
- B. Credential phishing prevention
- C. Data filtering
- D. User-ID
Answer: B
Explanation:
Reference:
"Credential phishing prevention works by scanning username and password submissions to websites and comparing those submissions against valid corporate credentials. You can choose what websites you want to either allow, alert on, or block corporate credential submissions to based on the URL category of the website. Alternatively, you can present a page that warns users against submitting credentials to sites classified in certain URL categories. This gives you the opportunity to educate users against reusing corporate credentials, even on legitimate, non-phishing sites. In the event that corporate credentials are compromised, this feature allows you to identify the user who submitted credentials so that you can remediate."
NEW QUESTION # 77 
A security engineer has configured a GlobalProtect portal agent with four gateways Which GlobalProtect Gateway will users connect to based on the chart provided?
- A. Central
- B. West
- C. East
- D. South
Answer: C
Explanation:
Based on the provided table, the GlobalProtect portal agent configuration includes four gateways with varying priorities and response times. Users will connect to the gateway with the highest priority and, if multiple gateways share the same priority, the one with the lowest response time.
Answer Determination
Prioritize by Priority Level:
East: Highest
South: High
West: Medium
Central: Low
Evaluate Response Times Within Each Priority:
East (Highest): 35 ms
South (High): 30 ms
West (Medium): 50 ms
Central (Low): 20 ms
Given the highest priority is "East" with a response time of 35 ms, users will connect to the East gateway based on the highest priority.
NEW QUESTION # 78
A network security engineer must implement Quality of Service policies to ensure specific levels of delivery guarantees for various applications in the environment.
]They want to ensure that they know as much as they can about QoS before deploying.
Which statement about the QoS feature is correct?
- A. QoS is only supported on hardware firewalls
- B. QoS is only supported on firewalls that have a single virtual system configured
- C. QoS can be used on firewalls with multiple virtual systems configured
- D. QoS can be used in conjunction with SSL decryption
Answer: C
Explanation:
https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/quality-of-service/configure-qos-for-a-virtual-system#idfbf5eebb-9d91-%20444d-99e8-2330be00fa4d
NEW QUESTION # 79
Which statement accurately describes service routes and virtual systems?
- A. Virtual systems that do not have specific service routes configured inherit the global service and service route settings for the firewall.
- B. Virtual systems cannot have dedicated service routes configured; and virtual systems always use the global service and service route settings for the firewall.
- C. The interface must be used for traffic to the required external services.
- D. Virtual systems can only use one interface for all global service and service routes of the firewall.
Answer: A
Explanation:
When a firewall is enabled for multiple virtual systems, the virtual systems inherit the global service and service route settings. For example, the firewall can use a shared email server to originate email alerts to all virtual systems. In some scenarios, you'd want to create different service routes for each virtual system.
NEW QUESTION # 80
Which log type would provide information about traffic blocked by a Zone Protection profile?
- A. Traffic
- B. Threat
- C. IP-Tag
- D. Data Filtering
Answer: B
Explanation:
Explanation
https://knowledgebase.paloaltonetworks.com/KCSArticleDetail?id=kA10g000000Clm9CAC
NEW QUESTION # 81
Use the image below. If the firewall has the displayed link monitoring configuration what will cause a failover?
- A. ethernet1/3 and ethernet1/6 going down
- B. ethernet1/6 going down
- C. ethernet1/3 or ethernet1/6 going down
- D. ethernet1/3 going down
Answer: A
Explanation:
Explanation
Link Monitoring Failure Condition is All / Link Group also is All. Even with Any / All, Link Group takes precedences... Suppose we have only one entry in the Link group. If the link monitoring has a failure condition of any and Link group has a group failure condition of all, then all is preferred, because whatever's configured in the Link group takes precedence.
NEW QUESTION # 82
An administrator has 750 firewalls The administrator's central-management Panorama instance deploys dynamic updates to the firewalls The administrator notices that the dynamic updates from Panorama do not appear on some of the firewalls.
If Panorama pushes the configuration of a dynamic update schedule to managed firewalls, but the configuration does not appear what is the root cause?
- A. Panorama has no connection to Palo Alto Networks update servers
- B. Locally-defined dynamic update settings take precedence over the settings that Panorama pushed
- C. No service route is configured on the firewalls to Palo Alto Networks update servers
- D. Panorama does not have valid licenses to push the dynamic updates
Answer: B
Explanation:
Locally defined dynamic updates setting on a managed Palo Alto Networks firewall take preference over the Panorama pushed setting. https://knowledgebase.paloaltonetworks.com/KCSArticleDetail?id=kA10g000000ClKQCA0
NEW QUESTION # 83
An engineer must configure the Decryption Broker feature
Which Decryption Broker security chain supports bi-directional traffic flow?
- A. Transparent Bridge security chain
- B. Layer 2 security chain
- C. Layer 3 security chain
- D. Transparent Proxy security chain
Answer: C
Explanation:
Together, the primary and secondary interfaces form a pair of decryption forwarding interfaces. Only interfaces that you have enabled to be Decrypt Forward interfaces are displayed here. Your security chain type (Layer 3 or Transparent Bridge) and the traffic flow direction (unidirectional or bidirectional) determine which of the two interfaces forwards allowed, clear text traffic to the security chain, and which interface receives the traffic back from the security chain after it has undergone additional enforcement.
NEW QUESTION # 84
What happens, by default, when the GlobalProtect app fails to establish an IPSec tunnel to the GlobalProtect gateway?
- A. It tries to establish a tunnel to the GlobalProtect gateway using SSL/TLS.
- B. It tries to establish a tunnel to the GlobalProtect portal using SSL/TLS.
- C. It stops the tunnel-establishment processing to the GlobalProtect gateway immediately.
- D. It keeps trying to establish an IPSec tunnel to the GlobalProtect gateway.
Answer: A
Explanation:
The GlobalProtect VPN solution by Palo Alto Networks is designed to provide secure remote access to users.
It primarily attempts to establish a VPN tunnel using the IPSec protocol for optimal security and performance.
However, in cases where IPSec cannot be used due to network restrictions or other issues, GlobalProtect has a fallback mechanism.
C: It tries to establish a tunnel to the GlobalProtect gateway using SSL/TLS:
* If the GlobalProtect app fails to establish an IPSec tunnel with the GlobalProtect gateway, the default behavior is to fallback to SSL/TLS for tunnel establishment. This ensures that the VPN connection can still be established, maintaining secure remote access for the user even in environments where IPSec is not feasible. SSL/TLS provides a secure tunnel, albeit generally with slightly less efficiency than IPSec.
This fallback mechanism is part of the GlobalProtect app's design to ensure reliability and continuous secure access for remote users under various network conditions.
NEW QUESTION # 85
When using the predefined default profile, the policy will inspect for viruses on the decoders. Match each decoder with its default action.
Answer options may be used more than once or not at all.
Answer:
Explanation:
NEW QUESTION # 86
If the firewall is configured for credential phishing prevention using the "Domain Credential Filter" method, which login will be detected as credential theft?
- A. First four letters of the username matching any valid corporate username.
- B. Matching any valid corporate username.
- C. Using the same user's corporate username and password.
- D. Mapping to the IP address of the logged-in user.
Answer: D
Explanation:
Explanation/Reference:
Reference: https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/documentation/80/pan-os/newfeaturesguide/content- inspection-features/credential-phishing-prevention
NEW QUESTION # 87
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