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SY0-301 · Question #154

A security administrator wishes to change their wireless network so that IPSec is built into the protocol and NAT is no longer required for address range extension. Which of the following protocols…

The correct answer is C. IPv6. IPv6 natively includes IPSec as a mandatory component of the protocol suite, meaning IPSec support is built-in rather than optional (as it is in IPv4). Additionally, IPv6 provides an enormous address space (128-bit addresses vs. IPv4's 32-bit), effectively eliminating the need…

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Question

A security administrator wishes to change their wireless network so that IPSec is built into the protocol and NAT is no longer required for address range extension. Which of the following protocols should be used in this scenario?

Options

  • AWPA2
  • BWPA
  • CIPv6
  • DIPv4

How the community answered

(19 responses)
  • C
    95% (18)
  • D
    5% (1)

Explanation

IPv6 natively includes IPSec as a mandatory component of the protocol suite, meaning IPSec support is built-in rather than optional (as it is in IPv4). Additionally, IPv6 provides an enormous address space (128-bit addresses vs. IPv4's 32-bit), effectively eliminating the need for Network Address Translation (NAT) since every device can have a globally unique public IP address. IPv4 relies heavily on NAT to extend its limited address space and treats IPSec as optional. WPA and WPA2 are wireless encryption protocols for the Layer 2 security of Wi-Fi and do not address IP-layer protocols or NAT - they are unrelated to this requirement.

Topics

#IPv6#IPSec#NAT#network protocols

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