What is a key security difference between SCRAM-SHA-256 and SASL/PLAIN in Kafka?

What is a key security difference between SCRAM-SHA-256 and SASL/PLAIN in Kafka?

• A. SASL/PLAIN transmits plaintext password.
• B. SASL/PLAIN uses salted password hashing.
• C. SCRAM-SHA-256 uses salted password hashing and challenge-response; SASL/PLAIN transmits plaintext password.
• D. SCRAM-SHA-256 is deprecated.

Answer: (C)