200-201 Security Monitoring Practice Question
A security analyst is using Zeek to analyze network traffic. Which Zeek log would be most useful for identifying HTTP requests to a known malicious domain?
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Why each option matters
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http.log
Zeek's HTTP log records details of HTTP requests, including the host header (domain).
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http.log
Why this is correct
http.log includes URI, host, method, etc.
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ssl.log
Why it's wrong here
ssl.log contains SSL/TLS certificate info, not HTTP requests.
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conn.log
Why it's wrong here
conn.log contains connection summaries, not HTTP details.
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dns.log
Why it's wrong here
dns.log shows DNS queries, not HTTP requests.
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