Joe wants to employ MD5 hashing on the company file server. Which of the following is Joe trying to
achieve?
A.
Availability
B.
Confidentiality
C.
Non repudiation
D.
Integrity
Which of the following is Joe trying to achieve?
Joe wants to employ MD5 hashing on the company file server. Which of the following is Joe trying to
achieve?
The correct answer is Integrity. Messaged Digest (MD) hashing is one-way encryption, designed to show that something has not changed. It does not preserve confidentiality, as the information cannot be retrieved once hashed. It can be used for non-repudiation in emails, but this is a file server. It does not assist with availability. It will show that files have not changed.
Who wrote these? They obviously haven’t used spell check a day in their lives, nor have they opened a text book. So many of these answers are wrong. Are these answers actually wrong on the real CompTIA Security + test? Or only wrong on this site?? I would hate to take the test and fail due to actually choosing the correct answers.