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312-50V9 · Question #221

The NMAP command above performs which of the following? > NMAP -sn 192.168.11.200-215

The correct answer is A. A ping scan. NMAP -sn (No port scan) This option tells Nmap not to do a port scan after host discovery, and only print out the available hosts that responded to the host discovery probes. This is often known as a "ping scan", but you can also request that traceroute and NSE host scripts be ru

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Question

The NMAP command above performs which of the following? > NMAP -sn 192.168.11.200-215

Options

  • AA ping scan
  • BA trace sweep
  • CAn operating system detect
  • DA port scan

How the community answered

(48 responses)
  • A
    90% (43)
  • B
    2% (1)
  • C
    6% (3)
  • D
    2% (1)

Explanation

NMAP -sn (No port scan) This option tells Nmap not to do a port scan after host discovery, and only print out the available hosts that responded to the host discovery probes. This is often known as a "ping scan", but you can also request that traceroute and NSE host scripts be run. https://nmap.org/book/man-host-discovery.html

Topics

#NMAP#ping scan#host discovery#network scanning

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