EC-Council
EC0-350 · Question #677
Jim is having no luck performing a penetration test in XYZ's network. He is running the tests from home and has downloaded every security scanner that he could lay his hands on. Despite knowing the…
The correct answer is D. All of the above. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.
Question
Jim is having no luck performing a penetration test in XYZ's network. He is running the tests from home and has downloaded every security scanner that he could lay his hands on. Despite knowing the IP range of all the systems, and the exact network configuration, Jim is unable to get any useful results. Why is Jim having these problems?
Options
- ASecurity scanners are not designed to do testing through a firewall.
- BSecurity scanners cannot perform vulnerability linkage.
- CSecurity scanners are only as smart as their database and cannot find unpublished vulnerabilities.
- DAll of the above.
How the community answered
(63 responses)- A14% (9)
- B3% (2)
- C10% (6)
- D73% (46)
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