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JK0-019 · Question #48

JK0-019 Question #48: Real Exam Question with Answer & Explanation

The correct answer is C. MAC address filtering. MAC Filtering (or EUI filtering, or layer 2 address filtering) refers to a security access control method whereby the 48-bit address assigned to each network card is used to determine access MAC addresses are uniquely assigned to each card, so using MAC filtering on a network per

Question

A network technician is setting up a wireless access point that would only allow a certain laptop to be able to access the WAP. By using ACL, which of the following would be filtered to ensure only the authorized laptop can access the WAP?

Options

  • ANetBIOS name filtering
  • BIP address filtering
  • CMAC address filtering
  • DComputer name filtering

Explanation

MAC Filtering (or EUI filtering, or layer 2 address filtering) refers to a security access control method whereby the 48-bit address assigned to each network card is used to determine access MAC addresses are uniquely assigned to each card, so using MAC filtering on a network permits and denies network access to specific devices through the use of blacklists and whitelists. While the restriction of network access through the use of lists is straightforward, an individual person is not identified by a MAC address, rather a device only, so an authorized person will need to have a whitelist entry for each device that he or she would use to access the network.

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