350-701 Network Security Practice Question
A company uses a Cisco FMC to manage multiple FTD devices. They want to decrypt SSL/TLS traffic from internal users to external websites using a known private key. Which SSL decryption method should they use?
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Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Decrypt-resign
Decrypt-known-key is used when the firewall has the server's private key (e.g., for internal servers), but for outbound traffic, decrypt-resign is typically used to re-sign certificates. However, the question specifies 'using a known private key', which implies the server's key is known, but for outbound inspection, the firewall generates a new cert. The correct method for outbound inspection with a known key is not standard; actually, decrypt-resign uses a CA to re-sign. The best answer is decrypt-resign because decrypt-known-key is for inbound traffic to servers where the key is known.
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Option-by-option breakdown
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Bypass decryption
Why it's wrong here
Bypass would not decrypt traffic.
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Decrypt-resign
Why this is correct
Correct. Decrypt-resign is used for outbound inspection, where the firewall re-signs certificates with a CA.
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Decrypt-known-key
Why it's wrong here
Decrypt-known-key is for inbound traffic to servers where the private key is known.
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Decrypt-unknown-key
Why it's wrong here
Decrypt-unknown-key is not a standard method.
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