Question 340
A guest web portal redirects successfully but browsers report that its TLS certificate does not match the portal hostname. Which failure mechanism best explains the observed behavior?
Explanation
Correct Answer
The symptoms fit this mechanism. A targeted response is to install a valid certificate whose subject alternative names and trust chain match the captive portal endpoint, followed by verification that browsers establish authenticated HTTPS sessions to the expected portal hostname.
Incorrect Answers
That explanation fits a different case, such as when a campus switch uses a production network as its management source without restricting who can initiate SSH sessions. The symptoms here are better explained by the certificate identity check fails before users can safely trust the HTTPS portal.
That explanation fits a different case, such as when a facilities vendor uses a shared switch administrator account, and investigators cannot attribute a recent unauthorized configuration change. The symptoms here are better explained by the certificate identity check fails before users can safely trust the HTTPS portal.
That explanation fits a different case, such as when a campus exposes SNMPv2 community strings over a shared operations network despite a requirement for authenticated encrypted monitoring. The symptoms here are better explained by the certificate identity check fails before users can safely trust the HTTPS portal.