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Which of the following tools can be used by a user to hide his identity? Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose all that apply.

The correct answer is A. Proxy server B. Anonymizer D. IPchains. Multiple network-layer tools can mask a user's true IP address and online identity. Proxy servers, anonymizers, and IPchains all provide mechanisms to route or filter traffic in ways that conceal the originating user.

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Question

Which of the following tools can be used by a user to hide his identity? Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose all that apply.

Options

  • AProxy server
  • BAnonymizer
  • CRootkit
  • DIPchains
  • EWar dialer

How the community answered

(32 responses)
  • A
    72% (23)
  • C
    9% (3)
  • E
    19% (6)

Why each option

Multiple network-layer tools can mask a user's true IP address and online identity. Proxy servers, anonymizers, and IPchains all provide mechanisms to route or filter traffic in ways that conceal the originating user.

AProxy serverCorrect

A proxy server acts as an intermediary between a client and destination server, forwarding requests under the proxy's IP address and thereby concealing the user's real IP from the target.

BAnonymizerCorrect

An anonymizer is a tool or service specifically designed to strip or replace identifying information from network requests, making the user's origin untraceable to websites and services.

CRootkit

A rootkit is malware that hides its own presence on a compromised system by subverting OS functions - it does not conceal a user's network identity or IP address.

DIPchainsCorrect

IPchains is a Linux kernel-level packet filtering and IP masquerading tool that can rewrite source IP addresses in outgoing packets, effectively hiding the originating host's identity on the network.

EWar dialer

A war dialer scans ranges of telephone numbers to discover modems and remote access systems - it is a reconnaissance tool and has no function related to hiding a user's identity.

Concept tested: Network identity concealment tools and techniques

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/tn-archive/cc723827(v=technet.10)

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