EC-Council
312-50V7 · Question #489
Blane is a network security analyst for his company. From an outside IP, Blane performs an XMAS scan using Nmap. Almost every port scanned does not illicit a response. What can he infer from this…
The correct answer is A. These ports are open because they do not illicit a response. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.
Question
Blane is a network security analyst for his company. From an outside IP, Blane performs an XMAS scan using Nmap. Almost every port scanned does not illicit a response. What can he infer from this kind of response?
Options
- AThese ports are open because they do not illicit a response.
- BHe can tell that these ports are in stealth mode.
- CIf a port does not respond to an XMAS scan using NMAP, that port is closed.
- DThe scan was not performed correctly using NMAP since all ports, no matter what their state, will illicit
How the community answered
(32 responses)- A84% (27)
- B3% (1)
- C3% (1)
- D9% (3)
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