Secure Protocols

Question 1

Telnet is inherently insecure because its communication is in plain text and is easily intercepted. Which of the
following is an acceptable alternative to Telnet?

SHTTP
SLIP
Remote Desktop
SSH

Answer 1

SSH

Question 2

Which protocol does HTTPS use to offer greater security in Web transactions?

SSL
IPSec
Username and password authentication
Kerberos

Answer 2

SSL

Question 3

Which of the following protocols are often added to other protocols to provide secure transmission of data?
(Select two.)

SNMP
SSL
SMTP
HTTPS
TLS

Answer 3

SSL

TLS

Question 4

Which protocol is used for securely browsing a Web site?

HTTPS
UDP
SSH
SIP
ARP

Answer 4

HTTPS

Question 5

You have been using SNMP on your network for monitoring and management. You are concerned about the
security of this configuration.
What should you do?

Use SSH instead of SNMP.
Combine SNMP with SSL.
Implement version 3 of SNMP.
Implement a RADIUS solution.

Answer 5

Implement version 3 of SNMP.

Question 6

Which of the following are improvements to SNMP that are included within SNMP version 3? (Select two.)
Encryption of SNMP messages
Hashing of the community name
Authentication for agents and managers
Use of SFTP for transferring SNMP data

Answer 6

Encryption of SNMP messages

Authentication for agents and managers

Question 7

Which of the following protocols can be used to securely manage a network device from a remote connection?
Telnet
SSH
SFTP
TLS

Answer 7

SSH