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When a packet enters an SRX interface, aroute lookupis performed:

It determines theegress interface(Option B) by checking the destination IP against the routing table.

Once the egress interface is known, its associatedegress security zone(Option D) is also determined.

Theingress interface (Option A)is already known when the packet arrives, so the route lookup does not determine it.

DNS name (Option C):DNS is unrelated to routing lookups.

Correct Results:egress interface, egress security zone

Option B:Correct. Interfaces in the same security zone must belong to the same routing instance; zones cannot span multiple routing instances.

Option D:Correct. A security zone can contain multiple interfaces, allowing grouping of similar trust levels (e.g., multiple LAN subnets in a trust zone).

Option A:Incorrect. An interface can belong to only one zone at a time.

Option C:Incorrect. Interfaces within the same zone cannot be split across routing instances.

Correct Statements:Interfaces in the same zone must share the same routing instance, and a zone can contain multiple interfaces.

Unified security policies integratetraditional zone-based policieswithapplication-based policies. Their characteristics include:

Zone-based or global (Option B):Unified policies can be applied as either zone-specific or global policies.

AppID engine (Option C):They leverage the AppID engine for application identification, enabling fine-grained control at the application layer.

Policy matching (Option A):Policies are evaluated sequentially like standard security policies; applications are not matched before policy processing.

Multiple matches (Option D):If multiple policies could match, the first match applies (sequential order), not the “most restrictive.”

Correct Statements:B and C

When two networks use the same private IP address ranges, conflicts occur. The solution is to use address translation techniques on the SRX:

NAT (Network Address Translation):Translates private IP addresses to another IP range, enabling connectivity between overlapping private networks.

PAT (Port Address Translation):Extends NAT by allowing multiple private IPs to share one or a few public IPs using different port numbers. This is especially useful when there is a limited pool of public IP addresses.

Other options:

IDP (Option A):Intrusion Detection and Prevention, unrelated to address overlap.

BGP (Option C):A routing protocol, but it does not solve overlapping IP addressing problems.

Correct Features:NAT and PAT

From the exhibit, the content filter configuration is as follows:

Match Conditions:

Application:HTTP

Direction:download

File-types:exe

Action:

block

notification log

Analysis of Options:

Option A: Incorrect. The configuration specifies thedownload direction, not upload. Uploads of .exe files are unaffected.

Option B: Correct. Because the rule applies todownloads, .exe files will be blocked when users attempt to download them over HTTP.

Option C: Correct. The notification { log; } statement ensures that an entry will be added to the SRX device’s log when the action is triggered.

Option D: Incorrect. No configuration for sending e-mail notifications is shown in the rule. Only logging is specified.

Correct Statements:B and C

Security policies on SRX support several actions:

Permit:Allows traffic to pass according to the rule.

Deny:Silently drops the traffic without notifying the source.

Reject:Drops the trafficand sends a TCP RST (for TCP) or ICMP unreachable (for UDP/other protocols)back to the source. This provides feedback to the sending host.

Next-policy:Allows policy chaining to evaluate the next policy set.

Therefore, the action that causes traffic to drop and a message to be sent to the source isreject.

In Junos OS, NAT rules are evaluated intop-down order. When a new rule is added, it is placed at thebottomof the rule set by default.

To move a rule to the top of the rule set, the command is:

set security nat source rule-set rule top

Option A (top):Correct. Moves the specified rule to the top of the list.

Option B (run):Used to execute operational commands, not rule reordering.

Option C (up):Not valid for reordering NAT rules.

Option D (insert):Not a supported NAT reordering command in Junos.

Correct Command:top

Traceoptions in thesecurity flow hierarchyprovide debugging for how packets are processed in the flow module.

The correct flag to capturedetailed packet-level debuggingispacket-dump (Option A). This outputs packet-level trace messages showing flow decisions, NAT processing, and policy matches.

general (Option B):Provides basic flow trace information but not full packet inspection.

state (Option C):Tracks flow state transitions, less detailed than packet-dump.

basic-datapath (Option D):Provides high-level datapath debugging, not detailed flow troubleshooting.

Correct Flag:packet-dump

After confirming correct routing:

The next step is toverify security zone assignments (Option A). If interfaces are not correctly assigned to zones, traffic will not be evaluated against proper inter-zone or intra-zone security policies, causing drops.

Option B:The routing protocol is irrelevant once the correct route lookup is confirmed.

Option C:NAT is checked later in the flow, not the immediate next step after routing.

Option D:ALG is only needed for specific applications (FTP, SIP), not general troubleshooting.

Correct Next Step:Verify that interfaces are assigned to the correct security zones.

Transit traffic is defined as traffic passingthrough the SRX firewall(from one interface/zone to another). To allow transit traffic:

Interfaces must be placed into auser-defined security zone(Option C).

Policies between zones are then applied to control traffic.

Thenull zone (Option A)discards all traffic.

TheJunos-host zone (Option B)is used for traffic destined to the SRX itself, not transit.

Functional zones (Option D)are predefined and used for special purposes (like management), not for transit traffic.

Correct Configuration:User-defined security zone