ICA Securing Workloads Practice Question
In an AuthorizationPolicy, what does the 'ALLOW' action mean when combined with an empty rule set?
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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It allows all requests.
An empty 'rules' section in an 'ALLOW' policy effectively allows all requests that meet the identity criteria, or if no source/to constraints are specified, it allows everything.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
- ✓
It allows all requests.
Why this is correct
No constraints mean no filtering.
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It crashes the proxy.
Why it's wrong here
Invalid policies are rejected by the API server.
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It requires valid mTLS.
Why it's wrong here
AuthorizationPolicy doesn't enforce mTLS; PeerAuthentication does.
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It denies all requests.
Why it's wrong here
An ALLOW policy does not deny.
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