PCNSA Exam QuestionsBrowse all questions from this exam

PCNSA Exam - Question 352


What are three DNS policy actions? (Choose three.)

Show Answer
Correct Answer: ABD

The three DNS policy actions are Allow, Block, and Sinkhole. These actions are taken when DNS lookups are made to known malware sites. Allow permits the traffic, Block denies the traffic, and Sinkhole redirects the traffic to a controlled destination to analyze and mitigate threats.

Discussion

9 comments
Sign in to comment
DlaEdu_ExOptions: ABD
Jun 15, 2023

ABDE Policy Action Choose an action to take when DNS lookups are made to known malware sites. The options are alert, allow, block, or sinkhole. The default action for Palo Alto Networks DNS signatures is sinkhole. https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/11-0/pan-os-web-interface-help/objects/objects-security-profiles-anti-spyware-profile

Sanjug2022Options: ABD
Jun 29, 2023

Answer is A,B,D

Jackie26Options: ABD
Sep 3, 2023

A,B,D,E Alert,allow,block,sinkhole

AredusOptions: ABD
Mar 22, 2024

In the DNS policies tab of the Anti-Spyware Security profile, there are 4 policy actions: default, allow, block and sinkhole. Therefore A, B and D is correct

MoSayel
Apr 6, 2024

Sinkhole is default

ZeruzOptions: AB
Aug 3, 2023

A, B, D, and E are viable options according to this link: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/9-1/pan-os-admin/threat-prevention/dns-security/enable-dns-security

cjaceOptions: ABD
May 23, 2024

A,B,D - The options for the action to be taken when DNS lookups are made to known malware sites for the DNS Security signature source under the Action on DNS Queries column are alert, allow, block, and sinkhole

hackeryorchOptions: ABD
Jun 20, 2024

Enable DNS Security --> https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/dns-security/administration/configure-dns-security/enable-dns-security "Select an action to be taken when DNS lookups are made to known malware sites for the DNS Security signature source. The options are default, allow, block, or sinkhole. Verify that the action is set to sinkhole." A,B and D

KvantOptions: ABE
Aug 8, 2023

Anwers ABE Policy Action Choose an action to take when DNS lookups are made to known malware sites. The options are alert, allow, block, or sinkhole. The default action for Palo Alto Networks DNS signatures is sinkhole.

ufukbaygin
Mar 29, 2024

Answer is missing we need to + enable