HP Aruba Certified Network Security Expert Written HPE6-A84 Exam Questions

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Question 1

Refer to the scenario.

A customer has an Aruba ClearPass cluster. The customer has AOS-CX switches that implement 802.1X authentication to ClearPass Policy Manager (CPPM).

Switches are using local port-access policies.

The customer wants to start tunneling wired clients that pass user authentication only to an Aruba gateway cluster. The gateway cluster should assign these clients to the ''eth-internet" role. The gateway should also handle assigning clients to their VLAN, which is VLAN 20.

The plan for the enforcement policy and profiles is shown below:

The gateway cluster has two gateways with these IP addresses:

* Gateway 1

o VLAN 4085 (system IP) = 10.20.4.21

o VLAN 20 (users) = 10.20.20.1

o VLAN 4094 (WAN) = 198.51.100.14

* Gateway 2

o VLAN 4085 (system IP) = 10.20.4.22

o VLAN 20 (users) = 10.20.20.2

o VLAN 4094 (WAN) = 198.51.100.12

* VRRP on VLAN 20 = 10.20.20.254

The customer requires high availability for the tunnels between the switches and the gateway cluster. If one gateway falls, the other gateway should take over its tunnels. Also, the switch should be able to discover the gateway cluster regardless of whether one of the gateways is in the cluster.

Assume that you are using the ''myzone'' name for the UBT zone.

Which is a valid minimal configuration for the AOS-CX port-access roles?



Answer : B

The UBT solution requires that the edge ports on the switches are configured in VLAN trunk mode, not access mode. This is because the UBT solution uses a special VLAN (VLAN 4095 by default) to encapsulate the user traffic and tunnel it to the gateway. The edge ports need to allow this VLAN as well as any other VLANs that are used for management or control traffic.Therefore, the edge ports should be configured as VLAN trunk ports and allow the necessary VLANs1


1: Aruba Certified Network Technician (ACNT) | HPE Aruba Networking, section ''Get the Edge: An Introduction to Aruba Networking Solutions''

Question 2

You want to use Device Insight tags as conditions within CPPM role mapping or enforcement policy rules.

What guidelines should you follow?



Answer : D

According to the Aruba Cloud Authentication and Policy Overview1, Device Insight tags are stored in the Endpoint Repository and can be used as conditions within CPPM role mapping or enforcement policy rules. The rule condition type should be Endpoint, and the attribute should be Device Insight Tags. No extra authorization source is required for services that use policies with these rules. Therefore, option D is the correct answer.

Option A is incorrect because creating an HTTP authentication source to the Central API is not necessary to use Device Insight tags as conditions. Device Insight tags are already synchronized between Central and CPPM, and can be accessed from the Endpoint Repository.

Option B is incorrect because using the Application type for the rule conditions is not applicable to Device Insight tags. The Application type is used to match attributes from the Application Authentication source, which is used to integrate with third-party applications such as Microsoft Intune or Google G Suite.

Option C is incorrect because using the Endpoints Repository type for the rule conditions is not valid for Device Insight tags. The Endpoints Repository type is used to match attributes from the Endpoints Repository source, which is different from the Endpoint type. The Endpoints Repository source contains information about endpoints that are manually added or imported into CPPM, while the Endpoint type contains information about endpoints that are dynamically discovered and profiled by CPPM or Device Insight. Adding Endpoints Repository as a secondary authentication source for services that use policies with these rules is also unnecessary and redundant.


Question 3

Refer to the scenario.

A customer has an Aruba ClearPass cluster. The customer has AOS-CX switches that implement 802.1X authentication to ClearPass Policy Manager (CPPM).

Switches are using local port-access policies.

The customer wants to start tunneling wired clients that pass user authentication only to an Aruba gateway cluster. The gateway cluster should assign these clients to the ''eth-internet" role. The gateway should also handle assigning clients to their VLAN, which is VLAN 20.

The plan for the enforcement policy and profiles is shown below:

The gateway cluster has two gateways with these IP addresses:

* Gateway 1

o VLAN 4085 (system IP) = 10.20.4.21

o VLAN 20 (users) = 10.20.20.1

o VLAN 4094 (WAN) = 198.51.100.14

* Gateway 2

o VLAN 4085 (system IP) = 10.20.4.22

o VLAN 20 (users) = 10.20.20.2

o VLAN 4094 (WAN) = 198.51.100.12

* VRRP on VLAN 20 = 10.20.20.254

The customer requires high availability for the tunnels between the switches and the gateway cluster. If one gateway falls, the other gateway should take over its tunnels. Also, the switch should be able to discover the gateway cluster regardless of whether one of the gateways is in the cluster.

Assume that you have configured the correct UBT zone and port-access role settings. However, the solution is not working.

What else should you make sure to do?



Answer : B

The correct answer is B. Create a new VLAN on the AOS-CX switch and configure that VLAN as the UBT client VLAN.

User-based tunneling (UBT) is a feature that allows the AOS-CX switches to tunnel the traffic from wired clients to a mobility gateway cluster, where they can be assigned a role and a VLAN based on their authentication and authorization 1. To enable UBT, the switches need to have a UBT zone configured with the IP addresses of the gateways, and a UBT client VLAN configured with the ubt-client-vlan command 2.

The UBT client VLAN is a special VLAN that is used to encapsulate the traffic from the tunneled clients before sending it to the gateways. The UBT client VLAN must be different from any other VLANs used on the switch or the network, and it must not be assigned to any ports or interfaces on the switch 2. The UBT client VLAN is only used internally by the switch for UBT, and it is not visible to the clients or the gateways.

In this scenario, the customer wants to tunnel the clients that pass user authentication to the gateway cluster, where they will be assigned to VLAN 20. Therefore, the switch must have a UBT client VLAN configured that is different from VLAN 20 or any other VLANs on the network. For example, the switch can use VLAN 4000 as the UBT client VLAN, as shown in one of the web search results 3. The switch must also have a UBT zone configured with the system IP addresses of the gateways as the primary and backup controllers, as explained in question 3.

The other options are not correct or relevant for this issue:

Option A is not correct because assigning VLAN 20 as the access VLAN on any edge ports to which tunneled clients might connect would conflict with UBT. The access VLAN is the VLAN that is assigned to untagged traffic on a port, and it is used for local switching on the switch 4. If VLAN 20 is assigned as the access VLAN, then the traffic from the clients will not be tunneled to the gateways, but rather switched locally on VLAN 20. This would defeat the purpose of UBT and cause inconsistency in role and VLAN assignment.

Option C is not correct because VIA licenses are not required for UBT. VIA licenses are required for enabling VPN services on Aruba Mobility Controllers for remote access clients using Aruba Virtual Intranet Access (VIA) software . VIA licenses are not related to UBT or wired clients.

Option D is not correct because changing the port-access auth-mode mode to client-mode on any edge ports to which tunneled clients might connect would not affect UBT. The port-access auth-mode mode determines how a port handles authentication requests from multiple clients connected to a single port . Client-mode is the default mode that allows only one client per port, while multi-client-mode allows multiple clients per port. The port-access auth-mode mode does not affect how UBT works or how traffic is tunneled from a port.


Question 4

Refer to the scenario.

This customer is enforcing 802.1X on AOS-CX switches to Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager (CPPM). The customer wants switches to download role settings from CPPM. The ''reception-domain'' role must have these settings:

--- Assigns clients to VLAN 14 on switch 1, VLAN 24 on switch 2, and so on.

--- Filters client traffic as follows:

--- Clients are permitted full access to 10.1.5.0/24 and the Internet

--- Clients are denied access to 10.1.0.0/16

The switch topology is shown here:

How should you configure the VLAN setting for the reception role?



Answer : A

According to the AOS-CX User Guide, one way to configure the VLAN setting for the reception role is to assign a consistent name to VLAN 14, 24, or 34 on each access layer switch and reference that name in the enforcement profile VLAN settings. This way, the switches can download the role settings from CPPM and apply the correct VLAN based on the name, rather than the ID. For example, the enforcement profile VLAN settings could be:

And the VLAN configuration on each switch could be:


Question 5

Refer to the scenario.

A customer is migrating from on-prem AD to Azure AD as its sole domain solution. The customer also manages both wired and wireless devices with Microsoft Endpoint Manager (Intune).

The customer wants to improve security for the network edge. You are helping the customer design a ClearPass deployment for this purpose. Aruba network devices will authenticate wireless and wired clients to an Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager (CPPM) cluster (which uses version 6.10).

The customer has several requirements for authentication. The clients should only pass EAP-TLS authentication if a query to Azure AD shows that they have accounts in Azure AD. To further refine the clients' privileges, ClearPass also should use information collected by Intune to make access control decisions.

The customer wants you to configure CPPM to collect information from Intune on demand during the authentication process.

What should you tell the Intune admins about the certificates issued to clients?



Answer : B

To configure CPPM to collect information from Intune on demand during the authentication process, you need to use the Intune extension for ClearPass. This extension allows ClearPass to query Intune for device compliance and configuration information using the Intune API.To use this extension, you need to register an app in Azure AD and grant it the required permissions to access Intune1

The Intune extension uses the device ID as the key to query Intune for device information. The device ID is a unique identifier that is assigned by Intune to each enrolled device. The device ID can be obtained from the client certificate that is used for EAP-TLS authentication.Therefore, the certificates issued to clients must include the Intune ID in the subject name, so that ClearPass can extract it and use it to query Intune2

The certificates issued to clients do not need to be issued by a well-known, trusted CA, as long as ClearPass trusts the CA that issued them. The certificates do not need to include the client MAC address in the subject name, as this is not relevant for querying Intune. The certificates do not need to be issued by a ClearPass Onboard CA, as this is not a requirement for using the Intune extension.


1: ClearPass Extensions - Microsoft Intune Integration - Aruba, section ''Configuring Microsoft Extension in ClearPass''2: ClearPass Extensions - Microsoft Intune Integration - Aruba, section ''Configuring EAP-TLS Authentication''

Question 6

Refer to the scenario.

A customer has asked you to review their AOS-CX switches for potential vulnerabilities. The configuration for these switches is shown below:

What is one recommendation to make?



Answer : D

According to the AOS-CX Switches Multiple Vulnerabilities1, one of the vulnerabilities (CVE-2021-41000) affects the SSH service on AOS-CX switches. This vulnerability allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to cause a denial-of-service condition on the switch by sending specially crafted SSH packets. The impact of this vulnerability is high, as it could result in a loss of management access and network disruption. Therefore, one recommendation to make is to create a control plane ACL to limit the sources that can access the switch with SSH. This way, the switch can filter out unwanted or malicious SSH traffic and reduce the risk of exploitation.


Question 7

Refer to the exhibit.

Which security issue is possibly indicated by this traffic capture?



Answer : C

DNS tunneling is a technique that abuses the DNS protocol to tunnel data or commands between a compromised host and an attacker's server.DNS tunneling can be used to establish a command and control channel, which allows the attacker to remotely control the malware or exfiltrate data from the infected host1

The traffic capture in the exhibit shows some signs of DNS tunneling. The source IP address is 10.1.7.2, which is likely an internal host behind a firewall. The destination IP address is 8.8.8.8, which is a public DNS resolver. The DNS queries are for subdomains of badsite.com, which is likely a malicious domain registered by the attacker. The subdomains have long and random names, such as 0x2a0x2a0x2a0x2a0x2a0x2a0x2a0x2a.badsite.com, which could be used to encode data or commands.The DNS responses have large sizes, such as 512 bytes, which could be used to carry data or commands back to the host2


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