____ was developed by IBM and the National Security Agency in cooperation with the National Bureau of Standards as an encryption technique using a secret key between the communicating stations.
A) DES
B) SSL
C) IPSec
D) SSTP

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DES (Data Encryption Standard) was developed by IBM and the National Security Agency (NSA) in cooperation with the National Bureau of Standards as an encryption technique using a secret key between the communicating stations. SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) is a protocol for establishing secure links between networked computers and requires the use of public key cryptography. IPSec (Internet Protocol Security) is a suite of protocols for securing Internet Protocol (IP) communications by authenticating and encrypting each IP packet of a communication session. SSTP (Secure Socket Tunneling Protocol) is a protocol that allows for the secure transfer of data between a client and a remote server over SSL/TLS channels.

____ Was Developed by IBM and the National Security Agency