312-50V9 · Question #93
Smart cards use which protocol to transfer the certificate in a secure manner?
The correct answer is A. Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP). EAP is the protocol used by smart card authentication systems to securely convey certificate credentials during the authentication handshake.
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Smart cards use which protocol to transfer the certificate in a secure manner?
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- AExtensible Authentication Protocol (EAP)
- BPoint to Point Protocol (PPP)
- CPoint to Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP)
- DLayer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP)
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(30 responses)- A87% (26)
- B3% (1)
- C3% (1)
- D7% (2)
Why each option
EAP is the protocol used by smart card authentication systems to securely convey certificate credentials during the authentication handshake.
EAP is an authentication framework defined in RFC 3748 that supports multiple authentication methods, including EAP-TLS, which enables certificate-based authentication used by smart cards. When a smart card is used, EAP-TLS facilitates the mutual exchange of X.509 certificates between the client and authentication server over a secure channel.
PPP is a data link layer encapsulation protocol for serial connections and does not itself provide a mechanism for transferring or validating certificates.
PPTP is a VPN tunneling protocol that encapsulates PPP frames for transmission over IP networks but does not define a certificate transfer mechanism.
L2TP is a tunneling protocol that creates a virtual point-to-point connection but relies on IPsec for security and does not handle certificate exchange independently.
Concept tested: EAP certificate-based smart card authentication
Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/networking/technologies/extensible-authentication-protocol/network-access
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