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PT0-002 · Question #185
A penetration tester ran a simple Python-based scanner. The following is a snippet of the code: Which of the following BEST describes why this script triggered a probable port scan alert in the organi
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Information Gathering and Vulnerability Scanning
Question
A penetration tester ran a simple Python-based scanner. The following is a snippet of the code:
Which of the following BEST describes why this script triggered a probable port scan alert in the organization's IDS?
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Options
- Asock.settimeout(20) on line 7 caused each next socket to be created every 20 milliseconds.
- B*range(1, 1025) on line 1 populated the portList list in numerical order.
- CLine 6 uses socket.SOCK_STREAM instead of socket.SOCK_DGRAM
- DThe remoteSvr variable has neither been type-hinted nor initialized.
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Topics
#Port Scanning#IDS Detection#Network Reconnaissance#Python Scripting