Which of the following encryption encoding techniques is used in the basic authentication method?

The correct answer is D. Base64. Base64 encryption encoding, which can easily be decoded, is used in the basic authentication Answer: B is incorrect. The Md5 hashing technique is used in the digest authentication method. Answer: A is incorrect. The HMAC_MD5 hashing technique is used in the NTLMv2…

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Options

AHMAC_MD5
BMd5
CDES (ECB mode)
DBase64

How the community answered

(35 responses)

A
9% (3)
B
3% (1)
C
6% (2)
D
83% (29)

Explanation

Base64 encryption encoding, which can easily be decoded, is used in the basic authentication Answer: B is incorrect. The Md5 hashing technique is used in the digest authentication method. Answer: A is incorrect. The HMAC_MD5 hashing technique is used in the NTLMv2 authentication Answer: C is incorrect. DES (ECB mode) is used in the NTLMv1 authentication method.

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#HTTP basic authentication#Base64 encoding#authentication encoding

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