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350-701 Practice Question: Which two conditions must be met for Cisco…
Which two conditions must be met for Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) to perform SSL decryption?
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The FTD must have a decryption certificate (server certificate) installed.
SSL decryption requires both a trusted CA certificate (to re-sign server certificates) and a decryption certificate (server certificate) to present to the client. Option A and D are correct prerequisites. Option B (TLS 1.2 or higher) is not required; FTD can decrypt older TLS versions. Option C (URL Filtering license) is not needed for decryption. Option E (a decryption policy) is necessary but not sufficient alone; the certificates must also be in place.
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The FTD must have a decryption certificate (server certificate) installed.
Why this is correct
The decryption certificate is used to establish a new TLS session with the client.
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The client must be using TLS 1.2 or higher.
Why it's wrong here
FTD can decrypt TLS 1.0 and 1.1 as well; not a requirement.
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The FTD must have a URL Filtering license.
Why it's wrong here
URL Filtering license is not required for SSL decryption; decryption can be done with base FTD license.
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A valid certificate authority (CA) certificate for the internal CA must be installed on the FTD.
Why this is correct
The internal CA certificate is needed to re-sign the server certificate so clients trust the decrypted traffic.
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The decryption policy must be configured on the FTD device.
Why it's wrong here
While a policy is needed for operation, it is not a prerequisite condition; it is part of configuration.
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