A company is designing a new data center network. The security team insists on using out-of-band management for all network devices. What is the primary security benefit?
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Here's the deal — b is correct because out-of-band management places device management interfaces on a physically separate network, so compromise of the production network does not automatically grant access to device management. A is wrong because bandwidth is not the primary driver for out-of-band management.
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Full Explanation
B is correct because out-of-band management places device management interfaces on a physically separate network, so compromise of the production network does not automatically grant access to device management. A is wrong because bandwidth is not the primary driver for out-of-band management. C is wrong because encrypted protocols are still required even on out-of-band networks. D is wrong because bypassing IDS is a security weakness, not a benefit.