Which type of attack could be used to obtain IOS router configuration files without a valid user password?

The correct answer is D. TFTP brute force. TFTP is a protocol to transfer files and commonly used with routers for configuration files, IOS images, and more. It requires no authentication. To download a file you need only know (or guess) its name. CDP, SNMP and ARP are not used for accessing or transferring IOS…

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AARP cache poisoning
BCDP sniffing
CSNMP man in the middle
DTFTP brute force

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TFTP is a protocol to transfer files and commonly used with routers for configuration files, IOS images, and more. It requires no authentication. To download a file you need only know (or guess) its name. CDP, SNMP and ARP are not used for accessing or transferring IOS configuration files.

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