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Palo Alto Network Security Professional (NetSec-Pro) Exam Materials - Question #5 Discussion

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How does a firewall behave when SSL Inbound Inspection is enabled? (Choose one answer)

  • A. It acts as meddler-in-the-middle between the client and the internal server.
  • B. It acts transparently between the client and the internal server.
  • C. It decrypts traffic between the client and the external server.
  • D. It decrypts inbound and outbound SSH connections.
Correct Answer: B

Brave-Dump Community Votes

Answer: A (2 votes) 66.67%
Answer: B (1 vote) 33.33%

Community Explanations & Comments (3)

Anonymous User 5 months ago
Selected: B
Why are the other options wrong?

A. They act as intruders: This describes SSL Forward Proxy, not Inbound Inspection. In Inbound Inspection, the firewall doesn't actively break the session in the same way.
Kareem Amr 2 months ago
Selected: A
i think answer should be A , as it says the firewall act as man in the middle , means it decrypt and inspect the traffic coming from external client to the internal hosted servers , B should be incorrect firewall should not act transparently without inspecting the traffic
Kareem Amr 2 months ago
Selected: A
Correct answer should be A , as Palo alto firewall decrypts the incoming traffic not transparently pass it to the internal servers