350-701 Network Security Practice Question
An engineer observes that the Cisco ASA connection table shows a consistent number of entries for UDP traffic, but the xlate table shows no entries. What is the most likely reason?
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Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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NAT is not configured for this traffic
The xlate table holds NAT translations; if no NAT is configured, traffic passes without xlate entries, but connections are still tracked.
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The traffic is being dropped by ACLs
Why it's wrong here
Dropped traffic wouldn't show in connection table.
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NAT is not configured for this traffic
Why this is correct
Without NAT, xlate table is empty.
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The ASA is in transparent mode
Why it's wrong here
Transparent mode still creates xlate entries if NAT is configured.
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UDP traffic does not create connections
Why it's wrong here
UDP does create connection table entries.
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