NSE7 Advanced VPN and Zero Trust Practice Question
A FortiGate administrator runs the following command on a FortiGate and sees the output: diagnose sys session filter dport 443 diagnose sys session list
proto=6 proto_state=01 duration=3600 expire=3599 What does this output indicate about the session?
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The session is in SYN_SENT state; the three-way handshake is incomplete
proto_state=01 indicates TCP SYN_SENT state, meaning the session has not completed three-way handshake.
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The session is in SYN_SENT state; the three-way handshake is incomplete
Why this is correct
proto_state=01 corresponds to TCP SYN_SENT, meaning the session is waiting for SYN-ACK.
- ✗
The session has been terminated due to inactivity
Why it's wrong here
The session still exists with a non-zero expiry.
- ✗
The session is a UDP session
Why it's wrong here
proto=6 indicates TCP.
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The session is fully established and has been active for 3600 seconds
Why it's wrong here
proto_state=01 is SYN_SENT, not established.
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