QuestionQ835

Systems and Application Security

What allows a workstation to boot without needing either a hard disk drive or a floppy disk drive?

  • A Bootstrap Protocol (BootP).
  • B Reverse Address Resolution Protocol (RARP).
  • C Address Resolution Protocol (ARP).
  • D Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR).
Explanation

Bootstrap Protocol (BOOTP) supports diskless booting by enabling a client to obtain its IP address, boot-server address, and the name of a boot file to load and execute. RFC 951: Bootstrap Protocol

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