XK0-006 · Question #124
A systems administrator is helping to secure a new web application. During the tests, the administrator obtains the following output to validate the application: Which of the following explains the…
The correct answer is A. The certificate was not signed by trusted authority, which was forcefully ignored during the tests. The validation output indicates that the certificate chain could not be verified because the local system does not trust the issuing certificate authority, and the connection proceeded anyway by ignoring the verification failure during testing.
Question
A systems administrator is helping to secure a new web application. During the tests, the administrator obtains the following output to validate the application:
Which of the following explains the validation results?
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- AThe certificate was not signed by trusted authority, which was forcefully ignored during the tests.
- BThe certificate was only issued for one month, is already expired, and needs to be replaced
- CThe certificate is a wildcard certificate that is highly insecure and should never be used.
- DThe certificate uses an outdated algorithm and should be replaced with a more secure one.
How the community answered
(21 responses)- A71% (15)
- B14% (3)
- C5% (1)
- D10% (2)
Explanation
The validation output indicates that the certificate chain could not be verified because the local system does not trust the issuing certificate authority, and the connection proceeded anyway by ignoring the verification failure during testing.
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