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Submitted by viktor_hu· Mar 4, 2026Reconnaissance Techniques

Question

Sam is a penetration tester hired by Inception Tech, a security organization. He was asked to perform port scanning on a target host in the network. While performing the given task, Sam sends FIN/ACK probes and determines that an RST packet is sent in response by the target host, indicating that the port is closed. What is the port scanning technique used by Sam to discover open ports?

Options

  • AXmas scan
  • BIDLE/IPID header scan
  • CTCP Maimon scan
  • DACK flag probe scan

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#Port scanning#TCP Maimon scan#FIN/ACK probes#Network discovery
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