Multiple choice technology security

Implementing Access Control based on a hard coded IP address

  1. Can be done as it as an internal IP

  2. Can be done for internet facing servers as there are no chances of IP conflicts

  3. Is a good security practice

  4. Is a bad security practice
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Hard-coded IP access control is fundamentally insecure because IP addresses can be spoofed, are dynamic (especially for ISPs), and create inflexible, brittle security. Option D correctly identifies this as bad practice. Internal IPs (A) and IP conflicts (B) aren't the core issues.

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