Exam NSE7_FSN_AR-7.6 Topic 1 Question 108 Discussion
Actual exam question for Fortinet's NSE7_FSN_AR-7.6 exam
Question #: 108
Topic #: 1
Question #: 108
Topic #: 1
Refer to the exhibit, which shows the output of a real-time debug. Which statement about this output is true?
(Choose one answer)

(Choose one answer)

Suggested Answer: A Vote an answer
The correct answer is A.
The debug output is for an HTTPS request and shows a hostname value. The study guide explains that with SSL certificate inspection, FortiGate extracts the FQDN from either:
"TLS extension server name indication (SNI)"
"SSL certificate common name (CN)"
So the hostname shown in the real-time web-filter debug can be derived from the SNI in the client request or, if needed, from the CN in the server certificate. That makes A correct.
Why the other options are wrong:
B is wrong because the study-guide example for web-filter real-time debug explicitly says: "This slide shows an example of real-time debug output when the URL to categorize isn ' t in the FortiGuard cache."In these debugs, cat=255 appears before the final lookup result, so this does not indicate a local-cache hit.
C is wrong because ftgd-allow is the action, not the profile name. The debug line shows the action as action=9 (ftgd-allow) while the profile shown is profile= ' default ' . FortiOS web-filter logs also use the profile field separately from the action field D is wrong because the final category shown is url_cat=52, not 255. The study guide's example shows the same pattern: an initial cat=255 in the request line, followed by the resolved result cat=52 url_cat=52 So the verified answer is: A.
The debug output is for an HTTPS request and shows a hostname value. The study guide explains that with SSL certificate inspection, FortiGate extracts the FQDN from either:
"TLS extension server name indication (SNI)"
"SSL certificate common name (CN)"
So the hostname shown in the real-time web-filter debug can be derived from the SNI in the client request or, if needed, from the CN in the server certificate. That makes A correct.
Why the other options are wrong:
B is wrong because the study-guide example for web-filter real-time debug explicitly says: "This slide shows an example of real-time debug output when the URL to categorize isn ' t in the FortiGuard cache."In these debugs, cat=255 appears before the final lookup result, so this does not indicate a local-cache hit.
C is wrong because ftgd-allow is the action, not the profile name. The debug line shows the action as action=9 (ftgd-allow) while the profile shown is profile= ' default ' . FortiOS web-filter logs also use the profile field separately from the action field D is wrong because the final category shown is url_cat=52, not 255. The study guide's example shows the same pattern: an initial cat=255 in the request line, followed by the resolved result cat=52 url_cat=52 So the verified answer is: A.
by Sebastiane at Oct 15, 2026, 04:34 AM
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