312-50V11 · Question #349
The use of technologies like IPSec can help guarantee the following: authenticity, integrity, confidentiality and
The correct answer is A. non-repudiation.. IPSec provides four core security guarantees for network communications, with non-repudiation being the fourth pillar alongside authenticity, integrity, and confidentiality.
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The use of technologies like IPSec can help guarantee the following: authenticity, integrity, confidentiality and
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- Anon-repudiation.
- Boperability.
- Csecurity.
- Dusability.
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(40 responses)- A88% (35)
- B3% (1)
- C5% (2)
- D5% (2)
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IPSec provides four core security guarantees for network communications, with non-repudiation being the fourth pillar alongside authenticity, integrity, and confidentiality.
Non-repudiation ensures that a sender cannot deny having transmitted a message, achieved through digital signatures and certificate-based authentication mechanisms built into IPSec's IKE negotiation. This property binds a verified identity to the transmitted data, preventing later denial. It completes the classic four security properties: authenticity, integrity, confidentiality, and non-repudiation.
Operability is not a recognized cryptographic security property and has no defined meaning in the context of IPSec or network security protocols.
Security is too broad and generic to serve as a distinct fourth property - it encompasses all of the listed attributes rather than naming a specific guarantee.
Usability refers to ease of use in user experience design and is not a security property provided by cryptographic protocols like IPSec.
Concept tested: IPSec security properties including non-repudiation
Source: https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-77/rev-1/final
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