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The technique used to ensure security in virtual private
networks (VPNs) is:
A. encapsulation.
B. wrapping.
C. transform.
D. encryption.
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Answer: A
Encapsulation or tunneling is a technique used to carry the
traffic of one protocol over a network that does not support
that protocol directly. The original packet is wrapped in
another packet. The other choices are not security technique
specific for VPNs.
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