Systems Security Certified Practitioner – SSCP – Question1034

All following observations about IPSec are correct except:

A.
Default Hashing protocols are HMAC-MD5 or HMAC-SHA-1
B. Default Encryption protocol is Cipher Block Chaining mode DES, but other algorithms like ECC (Elliptic curve cryptosystem) can be used
C. Support two communication modes -Tunnel mode and Transport mode
D. Works only with Secret Key Cryptography

Correct Answer: D

Explanation:

Source: TIPTON, Harold F. & KRAUSE, MICKI, Information Security Management Handbook, 4th Edition, Volume 2, 2001, CRC Press, NY, Pages 166-167.