CISSP-ISSAP: Information Systems Security Architecture Professional

Question

You work as a Network Consultant. Tech Perfect Inc. hires you for security purposes. The company manager asks you to establish connectivity between the network’s clients and servers that prevents eavesdropping and data tampering on the Internet. Which of the following should you configure on the network to accomplish this task?

Explanation

IPsec protects IP traffic with confidentiality through encryption and with integrity and authentication services, preventing unauthorized parties from reading or altering data in transit across the Internet. A VPN can be implemented using IPsec, but IPsec is the specific protocol suite that delivers the required network-layer protections.

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RFC 4301: Security Architecture for the Internet Protocol

CISSP-ISSAP: Information Systems Security Architecture Professional

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