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PT0-001 · Question #77

Which of the following would be BEST for performing passive reconnaissance on a target's external domain?

The correct answer is D. Shodan. Shodan is a passive reconnaissance search engine that indexes internet-connected devices and services without directly interacting with the target.

Reconnaissance and enumeration

Question

Which of the following would be BEST for performing passive reconnaissance on a target's external domain?

Options

  • APeach
  • BCeWL
  • COpenVAS
  • DShodan

How the community answered

(53 responses)
  • A
    2% (1)
  • B
    8% (4)
  • C
    2% (1)
  • D
    89% (47)

Why each option

Shodan is a passive reconnaissance search engine that indexes internet-connected devices and services without directly interacting with the target.

APeach

Peach is a fuzzing framework used for active testing of protocols and file formats, not for passive external reconnaissance.

BCeWL

CeWL is a custom wordlist generator that actively spiders a target website to harvest words, which involves direct interaction with the target and is not passive.

COpenVAS

OpenVAS is an active vulnerability scanner that probes target systems directly with network traffic, which is the opposite of passive reconnaissance.

DShodanCorrect

Shodan is a search engine that aggregates publicly available data about IP addresses, open ports, banners, and services across the internet. It allows security professionals to gather intelligence on a target's external infrastructure without sending any packets directly to the target, making it a purely passive reconnaissance tool ideal for external domain analysis.

Concept tested: Passive OSINT reconnaissance using Shodan

Source: https://www.shodan.io/about/faq

Topics

#passive reconnaissance#Shodan#OSINT#external enumeration

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