What is the role of a certificate authority (CA) in web encryption?

To provide a list of websites that are safe to visit

To issue digital certificates that bind a public key to the identity of the certificate holder

To store the private keys of all websites

To encrypt all web traffic between clients and servers

What is the primary purpose of using HTTPS instead of HTTP for web communication?

To prevent the web server from being attacked by malware

To compress the data so that web pages load faster

To authenticate the user to the web server using a username and password

To encrypt the data exchanged between the client and server using TLS

A user reports that their browser shows a warning that the certificate for a website is not valid because the hostname does not match. The user is certain they typed the correct URL. Which action should the user take?

Check if the URL uses 'https://' and the correct domain name.

Disable the browser's certificate validation.

What is the role of a registration authority (RA) in a public key infrastructure (PKI)?

To revoke certificates when they are compromised

To verify the identity of certificate applicants before the CA issues a certificate

To generate the private keys for all certificate holders

To store all issued certificates in a public repository

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022.2 Web Encryption (weight: 2) SECURITY-ESSENTIALS Practice Questions (Page 5)

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What is the role of a certificate authority (CA) in web encryption?
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What is the primary purpose of using HTTPS instead of HTTP for web communication?
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Which protocol is used by HTTPS to provide encryption of HTTP traffic?
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A user reports that their browser shows a warning that the certificate for a website is not valid because the hostname does not match. The user is certain they typed the correct URL. Which action should the user take?
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What is the role of a registration authority (RA) in a public key infrastructure (PKI)?
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