312-50V12 · Question #23
312-50V12 Question #23: Real Exam Question with Answer & Explanation
The correct answer is C: ARIN. Clark used ARIN, a Regional Internet Registry, to look up network range and topology information associated with a target IP address during the reconnaissance phase of an attack.
Question
Clark, a professional hacker, was hired by an organization to gather sensitive information about its competitors surreptitiously. Clark gathers the server IP address of the target organization using Whois footprinting. Further, he entered the server IP address as an input to an online tool to retrieve information such as the network range of the target organization and to identify the network topology and operating system used in the network. What is the online tool employed by Clark in the above scenario?
Options
- ADuckDuckGo
- BAOL
- CARIN
- DBaidu
Explanation
Clark used ARIN, a Regional Internet Registry, to look up network range and topology information associated with a target IP address during the reconnaissance phase of an attack.
Common mistakes.
- A. DuckDuckGo is a privacy-focused search engine used for general web searches and does not provide IP-to-network-range lookup or network topology data.
- B. AOL is a web portal and search engine that does not offer IP address registry lookups or network infrastructure information.
- D. Baidu is a Chinese-language search engine used for general web searching and does not provide RIR-style IP address or network range lookup functionality.
Concept tested. WHOIS footprinting using Regional Internet Registry (ARIN)
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