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312-50V12 · Question #41

What firewall evasion scanning technique make use of a zombie system that has low network activity as well as its fragment identification numbers?

The correct answer is D. Idle scanning. Idle scanning (also known as zombie scanning) is a firewall evasion technique that uses a zombie system with low network activity to scan a target system.

Submitted by jakub_pl· Mar 4, 2026Reconnaissance Techniques

Question

What firewall evasion scanning technique make use of a zombie system that has low network activity as well as its fragment identification numbers?

Options

  • APacket fragmentation scanning
  • BSpoof source address scanning
  • CDecoy scanning
  • DIdle scanning

How the community answered

(51 responses)
  • A
    2% (1)
  • B
    6% (3)
  • C
    4% (2)
  • D
    88% (45)

Explanation

Idle scanning (also known as zombie scanning) is a firewall evasion technique that uses a zombie system with low network activity to scan a target system.

Topics

#Firewall evasion#Network scanning#Idle scanning#Zombie host

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