Traffic Management Filters: Flow-Based vs. Non-Flow-Based

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What elements are included in the flow-tuple for flow-based inspection filters?

  • Source IP, Destination IP, Source Port, Destination Port
  • Source IP, Destination IP, VLAN, Payload Data
  • Source IP, Destination IP, IP Protocol, VLAN (correct)
  • Source IP, Destination IP, IP Protocol, Payload Data

What type of traffic behavior do algorithmic filters like Advanced DDoS look at?

  • Traffic flow
  • Overall traffic behavior over time (correct)
  • Packet headers
  • Invalid behavior when initiating a connection

Which type of filter does TippingPoint use to detect vulnerabilities?

  • Reputation filters
  • Exploit-Specific filters
  • Vulnerability filters (correct)
  • Policy filters

What is the main focus of header-based filters in Traffic Management Filters?

<p>IP header (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What do flow-based inspection filters look at in traffic?

<p>Flow-tuple (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What do Non-flow-based Inspection filters focus on?

<p>Packet payload data (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of creating a Traffic Management Filter (TMF) to trust vulnerability scanners or internal IT monitoring scripts/servers?

<p>To reduce unnecessary events and inspection resource consumption (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why is it important to trust traffic to and from a network scanner located at 192.168.1.200?

<p>To avoid unnecessary events overshadowing actual attacks (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why is a 4-way trust considered for catching all possible directions in an environment for both scan and response?

<p>To simplify the complexity of managing multiple directions (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary advantage of trusting vulnerability scanners or internal IT monitoring scripts/servers using a Traffic Management Filter?

<p>Reducing performance protection alerts in the system logs (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What problem does trusting vulnerability scanners or internal IT monitoring scripts/servers with a Traffic Management Filter aim to solve?

<p>Reducing unnecessary resource consumption and avoiding overshadowing actual attacks (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why would some customers initially use Exceptions on attack filters before deciding to trust traffic from vulnerability scanners or internal IT monitoring scripts/servers?

<p>To initially reduce unnecessary resource consumption (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main benefit of creating a Traffic Management Filter (TMF) to trust vulnerability scanners or internal IT monitoring scripts/servers?

<p>Reducing unnecessary events and inspection resource consumption (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the first step in creating a Rate Limit filter?

<p>Create a Rate Limit Action Set (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

When rate limiting HTTP traffic, what should be considered?

<p>The nature of the traffic (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In HTTP traffic, why should the rate limit affect the biggest transaction?

<p>To optimize data transfer (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the estimated time to complete Lab 7: Traffic Management Filters?

<p>45 minutes (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In creating a Traffic Management Filter, what comes after choosing the action set?

<p>Specifying the protocol (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What should be considered when creating a Rate Limit Action Set for use with an IPS?

<p>The speed supported by the IPS (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What should be chosen after naming the filter in Traffic Management Filters configuration?

<p>Rate Limit Action Set (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of traffic is considered in determining the rate limit for HTTP traffic?

<p>'Port 80 (SRC)' traffic (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What aspect should be specified after choosing an action in creating a Traffic Management Filter?

<p>'Protocol' (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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