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Exam GSEC topic 1 question 27 discussion

Actual exam question from GIAC's GSEC

Question #: 27
Topic #: 1

[All GSEC Questions]

Which of the following choices accurately describes how PGP works when encrypting email?

A. PGP encrypts the message with the recipients public key, then encrypts this key with a random asymmetric key.
B. PGP creates a random asymmetric key that it uses to encrypt the message, then encrypts this key with the recipient's public key
C. PGP creates a random symmetric key that it uses to encrypt the message, then encrypts this key with the recipient's public key
D. PGP encrypts the message with the recipients public key, then encrypts this key with a random symmetric key.

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Suggested Answer: B 🗳️

by Kushgod69420 at Dec. 13, 2020, 12:41 a.m.

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Kushgod69420

Highly Voted 3 years, 4 months ago

Its C, Symmetric

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doggpark

Most Recent 1 year, 5 months ago

Selected Answer: C

Symmetric then public key, why does it show as "B"?

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Qris

2 years ago

Selected Answer: C

C, uses a symmetric encryption algorithm

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Jedisecure

2 years, 3 months ago

It's C Symmetric

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