EC-Council
EC0-350 · Question #586
Fingerprinting an Operating System helps a cracker because:
The correct answer is D. It informs the cracker of which vulnerabilities he may be able to exploit on your system. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.
Question
Fingerprinting an Operating System helps a cracker because:
Options
- AIt defines exactly what software you have installed
- BIt opens a security-delayed window based on the port being scanned
- CIt doesn't depend on the patches that have been applied to fix existing security holes
- DIt informs the cracker of which vulnerabilities he may be able to exploit on your system
How the community answered
(37 responses)- A11% (4)
- B3% (1)
- C5% (2)
- D81% (30)
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