You work as a Network Administrator for NetTech Inc. The company wants to encrypt its e-mails. Which of the following will you use to accomplish this?

Question

Options

• APGP
• BPPTP
• CIPSec
• DNTFS

• A
  86% (30)
• B
  3% (1)
• C
  9% (3)
• D
  3% (1)

Explanation

PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) is the correct choice because it is specifically designed to encrypt and digitally sign email messages, providing end-to-end confidentiality and authentication for email communication.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• PPTP (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol) is a VPN tunneling protocol used to secure network connections, not email content.
• IPSec is a suite for securing IP-level network traffic (commonly used in VPNs), not for application-layer email encryption.
• NTFS is a Windows file system - it handles local file permissions and encryption on disk, with no relation to email security.

Memory tip: Think "PGP = Protects Gmail and messages with Privacy" - any time an exam mentions encrypting email content specifically, PGP (or its open standard S/MIME) is your answer. If the question mentions network tunnels or VPNs, think PPTP or IPSec instead.

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