CISSP-ISSAP: Information Systems Security Architecture Professional

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QuestionQ72

VerifiedInfrastructure and System Security

Mark has been hired by a company as a Network Assistant and is tasked with configuring a dial-up connection on a laptop. Which protocol should he disable to ensure that the password is encrypted during remote access?

Explanation

Password Authentication Protocol (PAP) uses unencrypted password authentication. Disabling PAP prevents remote access from using the plaintext password method, allowing an encrypted or challenge-response authentication protocol to be used instead.

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