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312-50V11 · Question #890

You are a penetration tester and are about to perform a scan on a specific server. The agreement that you signed with the client contains the following specific condition for the scan: "The attacker m

The correct answer is D. The -D flag. Nmap may be used to create decoys, that are meant to fool firewalls. whereas decoys is used for nefarious functions, it’s usually used to rectify. nmap -D 192.168.0.1,192.168.0.2,… When using the -D command, you’ll be able to follow the command with a list of decoy addresses. The

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Question

You are a penetration tester and are about to perform a scan on a specific server. The agreement that you signed with the client contains the following specific condition for the scan: "The attacker must scan every port on the server several times using a set of spoofed sources IP addresses. " Suppose that you are using Nmap to perform this scan. What flag will you use to satisfy this requirement?

Options

  • AThe -A flag
  • BThe -g flag
  • CThe -f flag
  • DThe -D flag

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  • B
    5% (1)
  • C
    5% (1)
  • D
    91% (20)

Explanation

Nmap may be used to create decoys, that are meant to fool firewalls. whereas decoys is used for nefarious functions, it’s usually used to rectify. nmap -D 192.168.0.1,192.168.0.2,… When using the -D command, you’ll be able to follow the command with a list of decoy addresses. These decoy addresses also will show as if they’re scanning the network, to obfuscate the scan that’s actually being done.

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#Nmap#decoy scanning#IP spoofing#-D flag

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