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350-701 · Question #300

Which cryptographic process provides origin confidentiality, integrity, and origin authentication for packets?

The correct answer is A. ESP. ESP (Encapsulating Security Payload) is the IPsec protocol that offers confidentiality through encryption, alongside data integrity and origin authentication for packets.

Submitted by yasin.bd· Mar 30, 2026Network Security

Question

Which cryptographic process provides origin confidentiality, integrity, and origin authentication for packets?

Options

  • AESP
  • BAH
  • CIKEv1
  • DIKEv2

How the community answered

(33 responses)
  • A
    88% (29)
  • B
    6% (2)
  • C
    3% (1)
  • D
    3% (1)

Why each option

ESP (Encapsulating Security Payload) is the IPsec protocol that offers confidentiality through encryption, alongside data integrity and origin authentication for packets.

AESPCorrect

ESP provides confidentiality by encrypting the packet payload, along with data integrity and data origin authentication, making it the correct choice for all three services requested.

BAH

AH provides data integrity and data origin authentication, but it does *not* provide confidentiality (encryption).

CIKEv1

IKEv1 is a key exchange protocol used to establish IPsec Security Associations, not to directly provide confidentiality, integrity, and authentication for data packets.

DIKEv2

IKEv2 is a key exchange protocol used to establish IPsec Security Associations, not to directly provide confidentiality, integrity, and authentication for data packets.

Concept tested: IPsec ESP vs AH

Source: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/sec_conn_vpn/configuration/xe-16-9/sec-conn-vpn-xe-16-9-book/sec-conn-vpn-intro.html

Topics

#ESP#IPsec#data confidentiality#origin authentication

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