You are using NMAP to resolve domain names into IP addresses for a ping sweep later. Which of the following commands looks for IP addresses?

The correct answer is A. >host -t a hackeddomain.com. The A record is an Address record. It returns a 32-bit IPv4 address, most commonly used to map hostnames to an IP address of the host. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_DNS_record_types

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A
host -t a hackeddomain.com
B
host -t soa hackeddomain.com
C
host -t ns hackeddomain.com
D
host -t AXFR hackeddomain.com

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C
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D
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Explanation

The A record is an Address record. It returns a 32-bit IPv4 address, most commonly used to map hostnames to an IP address of the host. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_DNS_record_types

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