Exam 312-50v11 topic 1 question 217 discussion

Actual exam question from ECCouncil's 312-50v11

Question #: 217
Topic #: 1

Bill is a network administrator. He wants to eliminate unencrypted traffic inside his company's network. He decides to setup a SPAN port and capture all traffic to the datacenter. He immediately discovers unencrypted traffic in port UDP 161.
What protocol is this port using and how can he secure that traffic?

A. RPC and the best practice is to disable RPC completely.
B. SNMP and he should change it to SNMP V3.
C. SNMP and he should change it to SNMP V2, which is encrypted.
D. It is not necessary to perform any actions, as SNMP is not carrying important information.

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Suggested Answer: B 🗳️

by ANDRESCB1988 at July 23, 2021, 6:23 a.m.

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callmetodd

Highly Voted 1 year, 7 months ago

Yes, of course it's SNMP , but the question is more about which one is the secure one. SNMPv3 is secure. SNMPv1 & v2 are not.

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Daniel8660

Most Recent 6 months, 3 weeks ago

Selected Answer: B

SNMP run on the UDP 161, and Secure Version is SNMPv3.

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Fedrehopsu

7 months, 2 weeks ago

Selected Answer: B

SNMP v3

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Silascarter

1 year, 7 months ago

Correct. Port 161 Details. Simple network management protocol (SNMP). Used by various devices and applications (including firewalls and routers) to communicate logging and management information with remote monitoring applications.

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ANDRESCB1988

1 year, 9 months ago

correct