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A network administrator is reviewing firewall policies in both Interface Pair View and By Sequence View. The policies appear in a different order in each view. Why is the policy order different in these two views? (Choose one answer)

  • A. Policies in Interface Pair View are prioritized by security levels, while By Sequence View strictly follows the administrator's manual ordering.
  • B. By Sequence View groups policies based on rule priority, while Interface Pair View always follows the order of traffic logs.
  • C. The firewall dynamically reorders policies in Interface Pair View based on recent traffic patterns, but By Sequence View remains static.
  • D. Interface Pair View sorts policies based on matching interfaces, while By Sequence View shows the actual processing order of rules.
Correct Answer: D

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Answer: D (2 votes) 100%

Community Explanations & Comments (2)

Thomas Pfaff 10 months ago
Selected: D
https://community.fortinet.com/t5/FortiGate/Technical-Tip-Firewall-policy-views/ta-p/194511

On a side note, in my experience Interface Pair View isn't that helpful. Sequence View gives more important info with the order of rules and it's not that difficult to see the interfaces and how they interact. Maybe in very large orgs it has a place but I changed it to Sequence View every time
Ahmed El Hasseen El Tom El Shaikh Berair 3 months ago
Selected: D
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