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Which of the following applications is NOT used for passive OS fingerprinting?

The correct answer is D. Nmap. Nmap performs active OS fingerprinting by sending crafted probe packets to a target, making it unsuitable for passive detection.

Reconnaissance, Scanning, and Enumeration

Question

Which of the following applications is NOT used for passive OS fingerprinting?

Options

  • ANetworkminer
  • BSatori
  • Cp0f
  • DNmap

How the community answered

(44 responses)
  • A
    2% (1)
  • B
    5% (2)
  • C
    2% (1)
  • D
    91% (40)

Why each option

Nmap performs active OS fingerprinting by sending crafted probe packets to a target, making it unsuitable for passive detection.

ANetworkminer

Networkminer is a passive network forensic analyzer that reconstructs OS information from captured packets without sending any probe traffic.

BSatori

Satori is a passive fingerprinting tool that identifies devices and operating systems by observing DHCP, mDNS, and other broadcast traffic on the network.

Cp0f

p0f is a well-known purely passive OS fingerprinting tool that identifies operating systems solely by analyzing the characteristics of incoming TCP/IP packets.

DNmapCorrect

Nmap's OS detection engine (-O flag) actively transmits a series of specially crafted TCP, UDP, and ICMP packets to the target host and analyzes the responses to determine the operating system. This active probing generates traffic visible on the network and on the target, which is the defining characteristic of active - not passive - fingerprinting.

Concept tested: Passive vs. active OS fingerprinting tools

Source: https://nmap.org/book/man-os-detection.html

Topics

#passive OS fingerprinting#Nmap#active vs passive scanning#network reconnaissance

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