EC-Council
312-49V9 · Question #462
Terri works for a security consulting firm that is currently performing a penetration test on First National Bank in Tokyo. Terri's duties include bypassing firewalls and switches to gain access to…
The correct answer is D. Trick the switch into thinking it already has a session with Terri's computer. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.
Question
Terri works for a security consulting firm that is currently performing a penetration test on First National Bank in Tokyo. Terri's duties include bypassing firewalls and switches to gain access to the network. Terri sends an IP packet to one of the company's switches with ACK bit and the source address of her machine set. What is Terri trying to accomplish by sending this IP packet?
Options
- APoison the switch's MAC address table by flooding it with ACK bits
- BCrash the switch with aDoS attack since switches cannot send ACK bits
- CEnable tunneling feature on the switch
- DTrick the switch into thinking it already has a session with Terri's computer
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(32 responses)- A13% (4)
- B6% (2)
- C6% (2)
- D75% (24)
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