312-50V9 · Question #361
What is the best Nmap command to use when you want to list all devices in the same network quickly after you successfully identified a server whose IP address is 10.10.0.5?
The correct answer is A. nmap -T4 -F 10.10.0.0/24. To quickly list all devices on the same /24 network as 10.10.0.5, the correct Nmap command uses -T4 for speed and -F for a fast scan of the top 100 ports on the correct subnet 10.10.0.0/24.
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What is the best Nmap command to use when you want to list all devices in the same network quickly after you successfully identified a server whose IP address is 10.10.0.5?
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- Anmap -T4 -F 10.10.0.0/24
- Bnmap -T4 -q 10.10.0.0/24
- Cnmap -T4 -O 10.10.0.0/24
- Dnmap -T4 -r 10.10.1.0/24
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To quickly list all devices on the same /24 network as 10.10.0.5, the correct Nmap command uses -T4 for speed and -F for a fast scan of the top 100 ports on the correct subnet 10.10.0.0/24.
The -T4 flag sets aggressive timing for faster execution, and -F performs a fast scan by targeting only the top 100 most common ports rather than all 65535, making discovery quick. The subnet 10.10.0.0/24 is correctly derived from the identified server IP 10.10.0.5, ensuring all devices on that network segment are targeted.
The -q flag is not a valid standard Nmap option and would cause an error or be ignored, making this command unreliable for the task.
The -O flag enables OS detection, which requires additional probes and significantly slows down the scan - it does not satisfy the requirement of quickly listing devices.
This command targets subnet 10.10.1.0/24, which is a different network than the one containing the known server at 10.10.0.5, so it would not discover devices on the correct network segment.
Concept tested: Nmap fast host discovery on a subnet
Source: https://nmap.org/book/man-briefoptions.html
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