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PCNSA Securing Traffic Practice Question
Drag and drop the steps to perform a packet capture (tcpdump) on a Palo Alto Networks firewall using the CLI into the correct order.
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Enter CLI, then issue tcpdump with filters, then stop the capture, then export the file.
Packet capture involves entering CLI, issuing tcpdump with filters, stopping the capture, and exporting the file.
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Enter CLI, then issue tcpdump with filters, then stop the capture, then export the file.
Why this is correct
This is the correct order because you must first access the CLI, then start a tcpdump session, stop it to finalize the capture file, and then export it for analysis.
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Stop the capture, then enter CLI, then issue tcpdump with filters, then export the file.
Why it's wrong here
This is incorrect because you cannot stop a capture that hasn't been started; stopping occurs after issuing tcpdump and before exporting.
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Enter CLI, then issue tcpdump with filters, then export the file, then stop the capture.
Why it's wrong here
This is incorrect because exporting a file that is still being written to will result in an incomplete or corrupted capture; you must stop the capture before exporting.
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Issue tcpdump with filters, then enter CLI, then stop the capture, then export the file.
Why it's wrong here
This is incorrect because you cannot issue tcpdump commands before entering the CLI; CLI access is a prerequisite for any command execution.
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