Which of the following implementation modes would provide
the GREATEST amount of security for outbound data connecting
to the Internet?
A. Transport mode with authentication header plus
encapsulating security payload (ESP)
B. Secure socket layer (SSL) mode
C. Tunnel mode with AH plus ESP
D. Triple-DES encryption mode
Answer / guest
Answer: C
Tunnel mode provides protection to the entire IP package. To
accomplish this, AH and ESP services can be nested. The
transport mode provides primary protection for the higher
layers of the protocols by extending protection to the data
fields (payload) of an IP package. The SSL (secure socket
layer) mode, provides security to the higher communication
layers (transport layer). The triple-DES encryption mode is
an algorithm that provides confidentiality.
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