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Which of the following tools is used for port scanning?

The correct answer is C. Nmap. Nmap is the industry-standard open-source tool specifically designed for network port scanning and host discovery.

Reconnaissance, Scanning, and Enumeration

Question

Which of the following tools is used for port scanning?

Options

  • ANSLOOKUP
  • BNETSH
  • CNmap
  • DL0phtcrack

How the community answered

(47 responses)
  • A
    2% (1)
  • B
    4% (2)
  • C
    87% (41)
  • D
    6% (3)

Why each option

Nmap is the industry-standard open-source tool specifically designed for network port scanning and host discovery.

ANSLOOKUP

NSLOOKUP is a DNS query tool used to resolve hostnames to IP addresses and query DNS records, not a port scanner.

BNETSH

NETSH is a Windows command-line utility for configuring and displaying network settings, not a tool for scanning ports.

CNmapCorrect

Nmap (Network Mapper) is the de facto standard port scanning utility, capable of detecting open ports, identifying running services, performing OS fingerprinting, and executing various scan techniques such as SYN, UDP, and ACK scans against target hosts.

DL0phtcrack

L0phtcrack is a password auditing and cracking tool designed to recover Windows credentials, not a port scanner.

Concept tested: Network port scanning tools identification

Source: https://nmap.org/book/man.html

Topics

#Nmap#port scanning#network reconnaissance#tools

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