Which of the following is a protocol that, like TFTP, can be used to transfer Netcat to a victim machine in order to open a backdoor listener?

The correct answer is C. HTTPS. Note that if outbound TFTP is blocked by a firewall, the attacker can use outbound FTP, SSH, HTTP, HTTPS, or other protocols that might be allowed for communications. SNMP, DHCP, and WINS are not known as file transfer protocols, and are not typically allowed outbound to the

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ADHCP
BWINS
CHTTPS
DSNMP

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Note that if outbound TFTP is blocked by a firewall, the attacker can use outbound FTP, SSH, HTTP, HTTPS, or other protocols that might be allowed for communications. SNMP, DHCP, and WINS are not known as file transfer protocols, and are not typically allowed outbound to the

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