Kerberos can prevent which one of the following attacks?

Kerberos can prevent which one of the following attacks?
A .  tunneling attack.
B .  playback (replay) attack.
C .  destructive attack.
D .  process attack.

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Answer: B

Explanation: Each ticket in Kerberos has a timestamp and are subject to time expiration to help prevent these types of attacks.

The following answers are incorrect:

tunneling attack. This is incorrect because a tunneling attack is an attempt to bypass security and access low-level systems. Kerberos cannot totally prevent these types of attacks.

destructive attack. This is incorrect because depending on the type of destructive attack, Kerberos cannot prevent someone from physically destroying a server.

process attack. This is incorrect because with Kerberos cannot prevent an authorzied individuals from running processes.