Splunk Enterprise Certified Admin Practice Test

Does enabling SSL between the forwarder and receiver automatically compress the data feed?

1. True

2. False

3. It depends on settings

4. Only in certain conditions

The correct answer is: True

Enabling SSL between the forwarder and the receiver primarily provides a secure channel for data transmission, ensuring data confidentiality and integrity during transport. It does not, by itself, imply that data compression will occur. The option that states compression is automatic with SSL is misleading. While Splunk does have options to enable data compression, these settings are separate from the SSL configuration. Users need to explicitly configure compression settings to ensure that data sent over the network is compressed before transmission. Compression can be beneficial in reducing bandwidth usage and improving transfer speed but needs to be set up as part of the data forwarding and receiving configurations. Thus, the correct answer indicates that enabling SSL does not automatically lead to data compression; rather, this requires additional setup.