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An engineer must secure the payload traversing across the DCI. The solution must support confidentiality and integrity and it must be open standard. The solution must encrypt Ethernet frames regardles

The correct answer is C. MACsec. The key to solution is "Ethernet frames". Frames are layer 2. IPsec encrypts at layer 3. https://developers.redhat.com/blog/2016/10/14/macsec-a-different-solution-to-encrypt-network-

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An engineer must secure the payload traversing across the DCI. The solution must support confidentiality and integrity and it must be open standard. The solution must encrypt Ethernet frames regardless of the upper layer protocol used. Which technology must be used to support these requirements?

Options

  • AGRE
  • BOTV
  • CMACsec
  • DIPsec

How the community answered

(35 responses)
  • A
    3% (1)
  • C
    94% (33)
  • D
    3% (1)

Explanation

The key to solution is "Ethernet frames". Frames are layer 2. IPsec encrypts at layer 3. https://developers.redhat.com/blog/2016/10/14/macsec-a-different-solution-to-encrypt-network-

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#DCI security#MACsec#Layer 2 encryption#Confidentiality

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