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N10-005 · Question #840
N10-005 Question #840: Real Exam Question with Answer & Explanation
The correct answer is A: HTTPS. A public-facing web shopping cart requires HTTPS to encrypt sensitive customer and payment data in transit.
Question
A web server that provides shopping cart capabilities for external end users will likely function with which of the following protocols?
Options
- AHTTPS
- BPOP3
- CSSH
- DSMTP
Explanation
A public-facing web shopping cart requires HTTPS to encrypt sensitive customer and payment data in transit.
Common mistakes.
- B. POP3 (Post Office Protocol 3) is an email retrieval protocol used by mail clients to download messages from a mail server, unrelated to web applications.
- C. SSH (Secure Shell) provides encrypted remote command-line access to systems and is not a protocol for serving web content to end users.
- D. SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) is used to send email between mail servers and is not used for web-based shopping or browsing.
Concept tested. HTTPS for secure web application transactions
Reference. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/iis/manage/configuring-security/how-to-set-up-ssl-on-iis
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