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CPEH-001 · Question #1037

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…

The correct answer is C. TCP Maimon scan. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.

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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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