Secure Network Administrationintermediate
In a Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) security policy rule, what is the effect of setting the Service field to 'application-default'?
Answer
It allows traffic only on the standard TCP/UDP ports officially associated with the identified application.
Explanation
### Why this is right
- **Source zone is Internal** is true: the rule permits traffic originating in Internal.
- **Destination zone is DMZ** is true: the rule targets the DMZ network.
- **Application is Any** is true: the lab instructs students to leave the application setting as Any.
- **Service setting is application-default** is true: this is the selected service behavior in the lab.
### The concept
A security rule combines fields that describe traffic with an action that decides what the firewall does with matching traffic. `Any` for an application is broad, while `application-default` limits the service to the default service associated with the identified application. In the lab's rule, the action is Allow, so a matching packet is permitted.
### The other options
- **D. Action is Deny**: the lab explicitly selects Allow. Deny would block matching traffic.
### Terms
- **Application-default**: A service setting that uses the default service associated with an application.
### Remember
Check the source, destination, match conditions, and action separately when reviewing a policy.
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