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What Are Security Associations (SA), and how are they used?
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William Swansen has worked in the employment assistance realm since 2007. He is an author, job search strategist, and career advisor who helps individuals worldwide and in various professions to find their ideal careers.
This is an example of a follow-up question. During the interview, you may have mentioned security associations in some of your answers. The interviewer can ask these at any time during the interview, either immediately after you use a term or sometime later. One purpose of this type of question is to clarify your answer or a term you've used earlier. Another purpose is to ensure that you are answering the interviewer's questions consistently throughout the interview. Being honest and truthful and not fabricating answers will ensure that you are consistent when answering questions during the interview.
William Swansen has worked in the employment assistance realm since 2007. He is an author, job search strategist, and career advisor who helps individuals worldwide and in various professions to find their ideal careers.
"Security Associations (SAs) define the protocols and algorithms to be applied to IP packets during transmission and specify the keys to be used by the sending and receiving nodes. SAs are unidirectional and are established per the security protocol used in the IPsec headers, either AH or ESP."
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