Multiple choice

Which of the following is called integrity as security requirements in application-to-application communication?

  1. To ensure that no one can read the message except the intended receiver

  2. To assure the receiver that the received message has not been altered in any way from the original

  3. A mechanism to prove that the sender really sent this message

  4. The process of proving one's identity

  5. None of the above

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B Correct answer
Explanation

This is called integrity requirement in application-to-application communication. Integrity checks the format of the message after received by the receiver.