350-701 Network Security Practice Question
A Cisco ASA is configured with dynamic PAT to translate internal addresses to a single outside IP address. A user on the inside initiates a connection to an external web server. The ASA creates a connection entry. Which table is checked first when a return packet arrives from the web server?
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Connection table (conn)
The ASA checks the connection table (conn table) first for stateful inspection. The xlate table is used for NAT translation, but connection table is checked for session state.
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ACL table
Why it's wrong here
ACLs are checked for new connections, not for established ones.
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Connection table (conn)
Why this is correct
Correct. The ASA checks the connection table to see if the packet belongs to an existing session.
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NAT table (xlate)
Why it's wrong here
The xlate table is used for NAT, but the connection table is checked first for state.
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Routing table
Why it's wrong here
Routing is checked after connection lookup.
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