Juniper JN0-232 Security, Associate (JNCIA-SEC) Exam Practice Test

The SRX Series devices support third-party antivirus scanning engines such asAvira. To use the Avira antivirus engine, administrators must explicitly enable the engine and ensure that the required components are properly loaded.

Enable in configuration mode:

The Avira antivirus engine must be enabled under UTM configuration mode. This step ensures the SRX device uses the Avira scanning engine for antivirus inspection.

Example:

set security utm feature-profile anti-virus avira-engine enable

Reboot the SRX device:

A system reboot is required after enabling the Avira engine to load the Avira antivirus components into memory.

Without a reboot, the Avira engine will not become active.

Why not the others?

Restarting themgdprocess (Option A) only reloads the management daemon and does not load antivirus engines.

Enabling inoperational mode(Option B) is not supported; the configuration must be applied in configuration mode.

Therefore, the correct actions to use Avira Antivirus are:Enable the Avira engine in configuration mode (Option D) and reboot the SRX device (Option C).

Intra-zone traffic:On SRX devices, traffic between interfaces in the same security zone is allowedwithout requiring a security policy(Option C is correct). Policies are only evaluated for inter-zone traffic.

Junos-host functional zone:This zone is a predefined functional zone that allows administrators to apply policies controlling access to the SRX firewall itself, such as SSH, HTTP, or SNMP traffic (Option D is correct).

Null zone:This zone is a predefined discard zone. Interfaces placed in the null zone drop all traffic. It does not allow policy logging of dropped control plane traffic (Option A is incorrect).

Management functional zone:This is used to define management interfaces, not the “functional zone” as stated in Option B (incorrect wording).

Correct Statements:C and D

For an SRX firewall interface to respond to management traffic such as ICMP pings:

Theinterface must be assigned to a security zone(Option A). If an interface is not part of any zone, it is placed into the null zone, which drops all traffic.

Additionally, the zone must be configured to allow management traffic types ashost-inbound-traffic(Option D). For ICMP, the protocol must be explicitly allowed under host-inbound-traffic for that zone.

Other options:

Security policies (Option B) control traffic traversing the firewall, not traffic destined to the SRX device itself.

Assigning the interface to the null zone (Option C) prevents any communication, including management.

Correct Actions:Assign the interface to a zone and configure ICMP under host-inbound-traffic.

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.

Multiplerouting instances(such as virtual routers or VRFs) can be configured on an SRX to provide separation of routing tables. This enables:

Maintaining separation of routing information (Option B):Different departments, tenants, or customers can have their own independent routing domains for security and isolation.

SNMP monitoring (Option A) is unrelated to routing instances.

Routing protocols (Option C) can be run inside each instance, but the purpose of multiple instances is separation, not general routing protocol management.

Simplifying interface configuration (Option D) is not a function of routing instances.

Correct Purpose:To maintain separation of routing information for security purposes.

From the exhibit:

The user attempted to access

The block page indicates:

CATEGORY: NG_Reference

REASON: BY_PRE_DEFINED

The header states:“Juniper Web Filtering has been set to block this site.”

Analysis of options:

Option A:Correct. The log shows “REASON: BY_PRE_DEFINED,” which means the site was blocked because it matched apredefined categoryin the Web filtering database.

Option B:Correct. The category “NG_Reference” indicates that theNextGen (Enhanced/Cloud-based) Web Filtering typeis being used.

Option C:Incorrect. The exhibit does not provide any information about SSL proxy configuration; it only shows that the HTTPS site was blocked.

Option D:Incorrect. The block page shown is the standard Juniper default block page, not a custom message.

Correct Statements:The URL matches a predefined Web filtering category, and the NextGen Web Filtering type is being used.

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.

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

Themanagement functional zoneon SRX devices is a special predefined zone with unique characteristics:

It isautomatically created(Option C) and cannot be deleted.

It is used specifically formanagement-related traffic(Option A), such as SSH, Telnet, web management (J-Web), SNMP, and other control-plane services.

It does not contain revenue (data) interfaces (Option B is incorrect). Interfaces must be explicitly configured into user-defined zones.

The management zone can be referenced in policies if inter-zone communication involving management traffic is needed (Option D is incorrect).

Correct Statements:A and C

When troubleshooting packet handling on an SRX Series device, administrators need to understand exactly how theflow moduleis processing traffic. The most effective tool for this is theflow traceoptions feature.

Flow traceoptions:Provides detailed per-packet trace information showing each processing step within the flow module. It reveals how traffic is evaluated against session tables, NAT rules, and security policies. This is the recommended method for in-depth troubleshooting.

Why not the others?

Theflow session table(Option A) shows only active sessions and counters, not detailed step-by-step handling.

Theforwarding table(Option B) relates to routing and forwarding decisions, not flow security processing.

Firewall filters(Option D) can match and log traffic but do not display detailed flow processing steps.

Therefore, the correct method to get detailed information about flow handling is toenable flow traceoptions.

To verify and demonstrate the effectiveness of content filtering on an SRX firewall, administrators use operational mode commands that display UTM statistics.

The commandshow security utm content-filtering statisticsprovides detailed counters showing how many connections were inspected, how many were blocked, and other related metrics.

This is the correct way to measure and demonstrate filtering effectiveness.

Commands in options A, B, and C provide status information for antispam, antivirus, and web filtering features, but they do not provide content filter effectiveness statistics.

On SRX Series Firewalls, Junos OS automatically createssystem-defined zonesthat have special functions:

Null zone (Option A):A predefined discard zone. By default, all interfaces belong to the null zone until assigned to a user-defined zone. Traffic destined to the null zone is dropped.

Junos-host zone (Option B):A predefined functional zone that allows security policies to control traffic directed to the SRX device itself (management traffic, such as SSH, HTTP, SNMP).

Management zone (Option C):There is a predefinedmanagement functional zone, but it is not called "management" as a system-defined security zone.

DMZ (Option D):A DMZ zone must be explicitly created by the administrator, it is not system-defined.

Correct Zones:null, junos-host

Content filtering on SRX devices inspects and controls specific file types transferred across certain application protocols:

SMTP (Option A):Supported. Content filtering can block specific file attachments in emails.

HTTP (Option D):Supported. Content filtering can block downloads of specific file types over web traffic.

SNMP (Option B):Not supported; SNMP is a management protocol, not a content delivery protocol.

TFTP (Option C):Not supported by content filtering.

Correct Protocols:SMTP and HTTP

In Junos OS, security zones are the foundation of SRX firewall policy enforcement. Logical interfaces must be assigned to zones. This enables:

Separation of traffic by zone boundaries.

Enforcement ofsecurity policiesfor traffic traversing between zones.

Control of traffic across VLANs, subnets, or functional areas (e.g., trust, untrust, DMZ).

Other options:

Zone assignment is not used to simplify interface configuration (A).

Routing protocols and updates (B) are handled by routing instances, not zones.

SNMP monitoring (D) is enabled under system or services configuration, not zones.

From the exhibit output:

Policy Information:

Policy: https-access, action-type: permit

From zone: Trust, To zone: Untrust

Application: junos-https

IP protocol: tcp, Destination port: 443

Inactivity timeout: 1800

Sequence number: 1

Analysis:

Option A:Correct. The default inactivity timeout for flow sessions is60 seconds for TCP without activity. This policy shows aninactivity timeout of 1800 seconds, which is non-default.

Option B:Incorrect. The policy shows Sequence number: 1, which means it is thefirst policy, not the second.

Option C:Correct. The policy explicitly matches application junos-https (TCP port 443) and has an action of permit. Therefore, it allows HTTPS traffic.

Option D:Incorrect. This is clearly azone-based policy, but the question asks for two correct statements. Between the four options, the explicitly correct ones are A and C.

Correct Statements:This security policy uses a non-default inactivity timeout, and this security policy permits HTTPS traffic.

Security Director (Option B):A Junos Space application that provides a centralized interface for managing, monitoring, and maintaining multiple SRX firewalls.

Juniper Secure Analytics (Option A):Focuses on SIEM/log analysis, not centralized firewall management.

Identity Management Service (Option C):Provides user identity integration for policy enforcement, not a management UI.

Secure Connect (Option D):A VPN client solution, not a firewall management platform.

Correct UI:Security Director

Routing instances:Security zones are local to their routing instance. Theycannot be shared between routing instances(Option B is correct). Each routing instance must define its own zones.

Intrazone and interzone traffic:Both types of traffic require policies in Junos OS. Intrazone traffic must have an explicit intra-zone policy to be controlled (Option C is correct).

Sharing zones:Option A is incorrect, as zones cannot span routing instances.

Multiple zones:SRX devices fully support multiple security zones (trust, untrust, DMZ, etc.). Option D is incorrect.

Correct Statements:B and C

On high-end SRX platforms, control-plane (Routing Engine–destined) traffic transits the loopback (lo0) and is best captured by applying afirewall filter on lo0 with the then sample action, together withtraffic samplingunder forwarding-options to write packets to a file.

sample sends matched control-plane packets to the sampling process, which can record them for analysis.

datapath-debug capture focuses on data-plane/SPC paths and is not the tool for generic control-plane packet capture.

tcpdump from shell is not the supported workflow on SRX; the operational command is monitor traffic, but forhigh-endcontrol-plane capture, the recommended and scalable method islo0 filter + sampling.

Port mirroring mirrors transit data-plane traffic, not RE-destined control-plane packets.

In Junos OS, traffic is classified into three main categories:

Transit traffic:

Defined as traffic thatenters one interface and exits another interface.

It is handledentirely in the forwarding plane (Packet Forwarding Engine).

Example: User data packets moving between trust and untrust zones.

Correct →Option A.

Exception traffic:

Traffic requiring processing by theRouting Engine (control plane), such as routing updates or management traffic.

MatchesOption C/D, but that is not transit traffic.

Control traffic:

Management or routing-related, handled by the control plane.

Rate-limiting (Option B):

This applies specifically toexception trafficto protect the Routing Engine, not to transit traffic.

Correct Statement:Transit traffic is traffic that is processed solely through the forwarding plane.