How is the Global Catalog of an Active Directory domain accessed?

The correct answer is A. Through LDAP queries to the ports 3268 (plain text) and 3269 (TLS encrypted). Global Catalog: The Global Catalog is a distributed data repository that contains a searchable, partial representation of every object in every domain in a multi-domain Active Directory forest. Access Method: It is accessed through LDAP queries to specific ports: Port 3268: For…

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How is the Global Catalog of an Active Directory domain accessed?

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AThrough LDAP queries to the ports 3268 (plain text) and 3269 (TLS encrypted).
BThrough the share GCS SMB which is available on each domain controller.
CThrough GCS records in the DNS sub zone _gc in the domain's DNS zone.
DThrough LDAP queries to the base dn CN=GC in the standard LDAP directory.
EThrough SRV records in the DNS sub zone _msgc in the domain's DNS zone.

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D
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6% (2)

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Global Catalog: The Global Catalog is a distributed data repository that contains a searchable, partial representation of every object in every domain in a multi-domain Active Directory forest. Access Method: It is accessed through LDAP queries to specific ports: Port 3268: For plain text (unencrypted) LDAP queries. Port 3269: For LDAP queries encrypted with TLS.

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