GSLC · Question #438
You work as a Network Administrator for Tech Perfect Inc. The company has a Windows Server 2008 network environment. The network is configured as a Windows Active Directory-based single forest…
The correct answer is A. Implement the IEEE 802.1X authentication for the wireless network. B. Configure the wireless network to use WEP encryption for the data transmitted over a wireless network. D. Using group policies, configure the network to allow the wireless computers to connect to the. Securing a wireless network against unauthorized access and preventing direct laptop-to-laptop communication requires 802.1X authentication, data encryption, and an infrastructure-mode group policy configuration.
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You work as a Network Administrator for Tech Perfect Inc. The company has a Windows Server 2008 network environment. The network is configured as a Windows Active Directory-based single forest domain-based network. The company has recently provided fifty laptops to its sales team members. You are required to configure an 802.11 wireless network for the laptops. The sales team members must be able to use their data placed at a server in a cabled network. The planned network should be able to handle the threat of unauthorized access and data interception by an unauthorized user. You are also required to prevent the sales team members from communicating directly to one another. Which of the following actions will you perform to accomplish the task? Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose all that apply.
Options
- AImplement the IEEE 802.1X authentication for the wireless network.
- BConfigure the wireless network to use WEP encryption for the data transmitted over a wireless network.
- CImplement the open system authentication for the wireless network.
- DUsing group policies, configure the network to allow the wireless computers to connect to the
- EUsing group policies, configure the network to allow the wireless computers to connect to the ad hoc
How the community answered
(43 responses)- A79% (34)
- C16% (7)
- E5% (2)
Why each option
Securing a wireless network against unauthorized access and preventing direct laptop-to-laptop communication requires 802.1X authentication, data encryption, and an infrastructure-mode group policy configuration.
IEEE 802.1X provides port-based network access control by requiring users to authenticate to a RADIUS server before gaining network access, preventing unauthorized devices from associating with the wireless network.
WEP encryption protects data transmitted over the wireless medium from interception by encrypting wireless traffic between clients and the access point, addressing the data interception threat.
Open system authentication requires no credentials for association, meaning any device can connect to the access point without proving identity, leaving the network fully open to unauthorized access.
Configuring group policy to restrict wireless computers to infrastructure mode (access point connections only) prevents laptops from forming direct peer-to-peer ad hoc connections with each other, satisfying the requirement to block inter-client communication.
Allowing ad hoc connections via group policy would permit sales team laptops to communicate directly with one another, directly violating the stated requirement to prevent inter-client communication.
Concept tested: 802.11 wireless security - 802.1X authentication, encryption, and infrastructure mode policy
Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/networking/technologies/nps/nps-top
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