Perfect World Inc., provides its sales managers access to the company’s network from remote
locations. The sales managers use laptops to
connect to the network. For security purposes, the company’s management wants the sales
managers to log on to the network using smart
cards over a remote connection. Which of the following authentication protocols should be used to
accomplish this?

A.
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP)

B.
Microsoft Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (MS-CHAP)

C.
Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)

D.
Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP)

Explanation:
According to the question, the sales managers of the company will connect to the
company’s network from remote locations. Hence, it is
necessary to make the communication as secure as possible. Also, the sales managers will be using
laptops that are configured to read smart
cards. Therefore, they will use EAP, as it is highly secure and supports smart card authentication.