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GPEN · Question #415
When DNS is being used for load balancing, why would a penetration tester choose to identify a scan target by its IP address rather than its host name?
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Vulnerability Discovery & Scanning
Question
When DNS is being used for load balancing, why would a penetration tester choose to identify a scan target by its IP address rather than its host name?
Options
- AAsingle IP may have multiple domains.
- BA single domain name can only have one IP address.
- CScanning tools only recognize IP addresses
- DA single domain name may have multiple IP addresses.
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Topics
#DNS load balancing#IP scanning#target identification#scan accuracy