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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)- A2% (1)
- B6% (3)
- C4% (2)
- D88% (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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