Question 520
The change advisory board sees a repeat risk in this case: During a predeployment review for a coastal branch network, the team discovers this design gap: a multicast application must cross a provider IP network that only routes unicast between two enterprise gateways. An approval gate requires both a measurable acceptance check and a durable prevention control. Which preventive design control MOST DIRECTLY addresses this specific risk?
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Correct Answer
Account for tunnel MTU, routing and encryption requirements during design reviews. Apply the same control to the coastal branch network rollout checklist. This control targets the underlying design risk. GRE can encapsulate multicast or nonnative payloads over a unicast IP underlay but supplies no encryption by itself. The follow-up acceptance check remains: End-to-end multicast packets traverse the overlay and reach only authorized receiving networks. The coastal branch network acceptance record also captures this result.
Incorrect Answers
IPsec secures eligible IP packets using negotiated security associations; GRE alone does not encrypt them. The repeat risk here is different: GRE can encapsulate multicast or nonnative payloads over a unicast IP underlay but supplies no encryption by itself. A directly relevant preventive control is: Account for tunnel MTU, routing and encryption requirements during design reviews. Apply the same control to the coastal branch network rollout checklist.
DMVPN uses hub-assisted next-hop resolution to support dynamic spoke connectivity over multipoint GRE, commonly secured with IPsec. The repeat risk here is different: GRE can encapsulate multicast or nonnative payloads over a unicast IP underlay but supplies no encryption by itself. A directly relevant preventive control is: Account for tunnel MTU, routing and encryption requirements during design reviews. Apply the same control to the coastal branch network rollout checklist.
Layer 2 VPN isolation is distinct from end-to-end payload encryption and depends on carrier trust boundaries. The repeat risk here is different: GRE can encapsulate multicast or nonnative payloads over a unicast IP underlay but supplies no encryption by itself. A directly relevant preventive control is: Account for tunnel MTU, routing and encryption requirements during design reviews. Apply the same control to the coastal branch network rollout checklist.