Q5 Your company has beon experiencing seomingly unrelatod problems with the corporate network and has asked you to help to identify and correct the root problems. The chief security officer (CSO) of your company also has some concems over the Configuration of Active Directory and wants you to look at some areas that might be vulnerable.

Answer the following considering the physical structure of Active Directory.

a) Some domains outside of corporate headquarters are experiencing performance degradation when gaining access to resources using membership in groups from other domains. What is the likely cause of these performance problems?

b) The CSO is concerned that some of the custom fields being added to Active Directory objects by the new application might Contain sensitive information and should not be replicated throughout the forest You are worried that these fields might be replicating to global catalogue servers you intend to implement. How can you prevent specific Felds from being replicated to global catalogue servers?

c) The CSO is also worried about domain controllers located in areas that do not meet the secunty requirements of the company. What capabilities do you have at your disposal to reduce the risk associated with a compromised domain controller? What additional benefits would this solution provide? (2 Marks)

d) What are the advantages and disadvantages of using RODC in branch office according to you?