Explanation:
This is false, before step 3, the firewall challenges the user to authenticate him or herself, then the client initiates a key exchange protocol with the VPN1-FW1 module, and finally, SecuRemote encrypts the first packet and transmits it. After this happen, all the from the SecuRemote client to the firewall module encryption domain is encrypted. See Page 11.14 of CCSE NG Official Courseware. (VPN1-FW1 Management II NG FP-1).

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