350-501 Security and Services Practice Question
A service provider wants to deploy DDoS mitigation using BGP FlowSpec. Which two actions can FlowSpec rules specify? (Choose two.)
Answer choices
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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Redirect to a nexthop
FlowSpec actions include 'traffic-rate' (rate-limit), 'traffic-action' (drop), 'redirect', etc. The correct actions among the options are rate-limiting and dropping.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Advertise a static route
Why it's wrong here
FlowSpec does not advertise routes; it distributes flow specifications.
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Log traffic
Why it's wrong here
Logging is not a standard FlowSpec action.
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Redirect to a nexthop
Why this is correct
FlowSpec can redirect traffic to a specific nexthop for scrubbing.
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Set BGP community
Why it's wrong here
Setting community is a BGP attribute, not a FlowSpec action.
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Rate-limit traffic
Why this is correct
FlowSpec can apply rate-limiting using traffic-rate action.
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