312-50V13 Question #206: Real Exam Question with Answer & Explanation

Question

Clark, a professional hacker, was hired by an organization lo gather sensitive Information about its competitors surreptitiously. Clark gathers the server IP address of the target organization using Whole 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

• AAOL
• BARIN
• CDuckDuckGo
• DBaidu

Explanation

ARIN (American Registry for Internet Numbers) is a regional internet registry providing public databases to retrieve IP address allocation information, network ranges, and registered organization details.

Common mistakes.

• A. AOL (America Online) is an internet service provider and web portal, not a tool for looking up IP address registration details.
• C. DuckDuckGo is a privacy-focused search engine, not a registry for IP address information.
• D. Baidu is a Chinese multinational technology company specializing in internet-related services and products, primarily a search engine, not an IP address registration lookup tool.

Concept tested. Footprinting, OSINT, and Regional Internet Registries (RIRs)

Reference. https://www.arin.net/

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