CompTIA Security+ (SY0-501) — Question 997

A company has two wireless networks utilizing captive portals. Some employees report getting a trust error in their browsers when connecting to one of the networks.
Both captive portals are using the same server certificate for authentication, but the analyst notices the following differences between the two certificate details:

Certificate 1 -
Certificate Path:

Geotrust Global CA -
*company.com

Certificate 2 -
Certificate Path:
*company.com
Which of the following would resolve the problem?

Answer options

• A. Use a wildcard certificate.
• B. Use certificate chaining.
• C. Use a trust model.
• D. Use an extended validation certificate.

Correct answer: B

Explanation

The correct answer is B, as using certificate chaining can help establish a trust relationship with the root certificate authority, which resolves the trust error. Options A, C, and D do not directly address the issue related to the differences in the certificate paths and would not resolve the specific trust error encountered by the users.