What is the only way to effectively prevent the Man-in-the-middle attacks?
A.
Firewalls
B.
ISP filtering and rate limiting
C.
HIDS & Firewall filtering
D.
Encryption
E.
Access Control
Explanation:
Man-in-the-middle attacks can be effectively mitigated only through the use of cryptography. If someone hijacks data in the middle of a cryptographically private session, all the hacker will see is cipher text, and not the original message.
Ref: Safe White papers 68
SAFE: Extending the Security Blueprint to Small, Midsize, and Remote-User Networks