You work as a Network Administrator for NetTech Inc. You want to have secure communication on the company's intranet. You decide to use public key and private key pairs. What will you implement to…

The correct answer is D. Certificate server. A Certificate Server (D) implements Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), which issues and manages digital certificates that bind public keys to identities - exactly what's needed for secure intranet communication using public/private key pairs. IIS (A) is a web server that can use…

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Question

You work as a Network Administrator for NetTech Inc. You want to have secure communication on the company's intranet. You decide to use public key and private key pairs. What will you implement to accomplish this?

Options

AMicrosoft Internet Information Server (IIS)
BVPN
CFTP server
DCertificate server

How the community answered

(56 responses)

A
7% (4)
B
4% (2)
C
18% (10)
D
71% (40)

Explanation

A Certificate Server (D) implements Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), which issues and manages digital certificates that bind public keys to identities - exactly what's needed for secure intranet communication using public/private key pairs. IIS (A) is a web server that can use certificates but doesn't issue or manage them. VPN (B) encrypts network tunnels but doesn't provide the key-pair management infrastructure described. FTP (C) is a file transfer protocol with no built-in encryption or certificate management.

Memory tip: Think "Certificate Server = Certificate Authority lite" - it's the entity that creates and manages the certificates that make public/private key cryptography work on a network.

Topics

#PKI#Certificate Management#Public Key Cryptography#Intranet Security

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