SSCP · Question #1023
SSCP Question #1023: Real Exam Question with Answer & Explanation
The correct answer is A: Not possible. Content security measures presumes that the content is available in cleartext on the central mail Encrypted emails have to be decrypted before it can be filtered (e.g. to detect viruses), so you need the decryption key on the central "crypto mail server". There are several ways f
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Virus scanning and content inspection of SMIME encrypted e-mail without doing any further processing is:
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- ANot possible
- BOnly possible with key recovery scheme of all user keys
- CIt is possible only if X509 Version 3 certificates are used
- DIt is possible only by "brute force" decryption
Explanation
Content security measures presumes that the content is available in cleartext on the central mail Encrypted emails have to be decrypted before it can be filtered (e.g. to detect viruses), so you need the decryption key on the central "crypto mail server". There are several ways for such key management, e.g. by message or key recovery methods. However, that would certainly require further processing in order to achieve such goal.
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