Question 500
A post-incident design review discusses the following: A large hub-and-spoke WAN needs spoke-to-spoke tunnels that can form dynamically over IP transport. Which preventive design control MOST DIRECTLY addresses this specific risk?
Explanation
Correct Answer
Test NHRP registrations, route recursion and IPsec state under hub or ISP failure. This control targets the underlying design risk. DMVPN uses hub-assisted next-hop resolution to support dynamic spoke connectivity over multipoint GRE, commonly secured with IPsec. The follow-up acceptance check remains: Authorized spokes resolve each other’s tunnel address and exchange traffic through the expected protected path.
Incorrect Answers
Layer 2 VPN isolation is distinct from end-to-end payload encryption and depends on carrier trust boundaries. The repeat risk here is different: DMVPN uses hub-assisted next-hop resolution to support dynamic spoke connectivity over multipoint GRE, commonly secured with IPsec. A directly relevant preventive control is: Test NHRP registrations, route recursion and IPsec state under hub or ISP failure.
GETVPN can encrypt group traffic on a trusted routed core without requiring pairwise tunnel overlays between every site. The repeat risk here is different: DMVPN uses hub-assisted next-hop resolution to support dynamic spoke connectivity over multipoint GRE, commonly secured with IPsec. A directly relevant preventive control is: Test NHRP registrations, route recursion and IPsec state under hub or ISP failure.
GRE can encapsulate multicast or nonnative payloads over a unicast IP underlay but supplies no encryption by itself. The repeat risk here is different: DMVPN uses hub-assisted next-hop resolution to support dynamic spoke connectivity over multipoint GRE, commonly secured with IPsec. A directly relevant preventive control is: Test NHRP registrations, route recursion and IPsec state under hub or ISP failure.