Which of the following Nmap commands would be used to perform a stack fingerprinting?

The correct answer is A. Nmap -O -p80 <host(s.>. This option activates remote host identification via TCP/IP fingerprinting. In other words,it uses a bunch of techniques to detect subtlety in the underlying operating system network stack of the computers you are scanning. It uses this information to create a "fingerprint"…

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ANmap -O -p80 <host(s.>
BNmap -hU -Q<host(s.>
CNmap -sT -p <host(s.>
DNmap -u -o -w2 <host>
ENmap -sS -0p target

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10% (2)
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Explanation

This option activates remote host identification via TCP/IP fingerprinting. In other words,it uses a bunch of techniques to detect subtlety in the underlying operating system network stack of the computers you are scanning. It uses this information to create a "fingerprint" which it compares with its database of known OS fingerprints (the nmap-os-fingerprints file. to decide what type of system you are scanning.

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#Nmap#OS fingerprinting#stack fingerprinting#-O flag

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