John works as a professional Ethical Hacker. He has been assigned the project of testing the preattack phase to check the security of the We-are-secure network:

l Gathering information l Determining the network range l Identifying active systems Now, he wants to find the open ports and applications running on the network. Which of the following tools will he use to accomplish his task?

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John works as a professional Ethical Hacker. He has been assigned the project of testing the preattack phase to check the security of the We-are-secure network:

l Gathering information l Determining the network range l Identifying active systems Now, he wants to find the open ports and applications running on the network. Which of the following tools will he use to accomplish his task?

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B. SuperScan SuperScan is a Windows-based port scanning tool that performs TCP/UDP port scans, pings, and banner grabbing to identify open ports and running services on a network. It is specifically designed for the task of enumerating active ports and applications, making it the correct tool for this stage of ethical hacking.

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A. APNIC APNIC (Asia-Pacific Network Information Centre) is a Regional Internet Registry used for IP address allocation lookups, not port scanning.

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C. RIPE RIPE (Reseaux IP Europeens) is a Regional Internet Registry for Europe and surrounding regions, used for WHOIS and IP registration queries, not port scanning.

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D. ARIN ARIN (American Registry for Internet Numbers) is a Regional Internet Registry used to look up IP address ownership information, not to scan for open ports.

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