An administrator wants to install a patch to an application. Given the scenario, download, verify and install the patch in the most secure manner

SIMULATION

An administrator wants to install a patch to an application. Given the scenario, download, verify and install the patch in the most secure manner.

Instructions: The last install that is completed will be the final submission.

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Answer: Please check the explanation part for full details on solution.

Explanation

In this case the second link should be used (This may vary in actual exam). The first link showed the following error so it should not be used.

Also, Two of the link choices used HTTP and not HTTPS as shown when hovering over the links as shown:

Since we need to do this in the most secure manner possible, they should not be used.

Finally, the second link was used and the MD5 utility of MD5sum should be used on the install.exe file as shown. Make sure that the hash matches.

Finally, type in install.exe to install it and make sure there are no signature verification errors.