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N10-005 · Question #420

Which of the following provides the STRONGEST security for a tunneled connection over the Internet?

The correct answer is D. IPSec. IPSec (Internet Protocol Security) is a suite of protocols that provides strong, standards-based security for IP communications by authenticating and encrypting each IP packet in a session. It supports mutual authentication, data integrity (HMAC), and encryption (AES, 3DES)…

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Question

Which of the following provides the STRONGEST security for a tunneled connection over the Internet?

Options

  • ARDP
  • BSMTP
  • CRAS
  • DIPSec

How the community answered

(38 responses)
  • A
    5% (2)
  • B
    3% (1)
  • C
    3% (1)
  • D
    89% (34)

Explanation

IPSec (Internet Protocol Security) is a suite of protocols that provides strong, standards-based security for IP communications by authenticating and encrypting each IP packet in a session. It supports mutual authentication, data integrity (HMAC), and encryption (AES, 3DES), and is the foundation of many enterprise VPNs. RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) is a remote access tool with its own encryption but is not a general-purpose tunneling protocol. SMTP is an email protocol with no tunneling capability. RAS (Remote Access Service) is an older Windows framework for dial-up connections and provides weaker, less standardized security compared to IPSec.

Topics

#IPSec#VPN security#tunneling protocols#encryption

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