Exam 200-901 topic 1 question 68 discussion

Actual exam question from Cisco's 200-901

Question #: 68
Topic #: 1

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Fill in the blanks to complete the statement.
Given a username of `devnet` and a password of `cisco123`, applications must create a base64 encoding of the string `________________` when sending HTTP requests to an API that uses _______________ authentication.

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Basic -
Reference:
https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/net_mgmt/elastic_services_controller/4-1/install/guide/Cisco-Elastic-Services-Controller-Install-Upgrade-Guide-
4-1/Cisco-Elastic-Services-Controller-Install-Upgrade-Guide-3-0_chapter_01011.html

by sucre1 at Jan. 3, 2022, 4:29 a.m.

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anagy11

Highly Voted 2 years, 8 months ago

devnet:cisco123 ; Basic

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EAG

1 year ago

Very correct.

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2 years, 8 months ago

You are right. Thank you!

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macxsz

2 years, 6 months ago

Correct

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sucre1

Highly Voted 2 years, 11 months ago

echo -n devnet:cisco123 | base64

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herrmann69

Most Recent 10 months, 2 weeks ago

Question: Given a username of `devnet` and a password of `cisco123`, applications must create a base64 encoding of the string `________________` when sending HTTP requests to an API that uses _______________ authentication. Filled: Given a username of `devnet` and a password of `cisco123`, applications must create a base64 encoding of the string `devnet:cisco123` when sending HTTP requests to an API that uses Basic authentication.

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2 years, 8 months ago

The string is Authorization. And then basic "base64 encoding"

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