PT0-002 Question #385: Real Exam Question with Answer & Explanation

The correct answer is C: 255. The Nmap scan command given will scan all the hosts in the 192.168.0.0/24 subnet, except for the one with the IP address 192.168.0.101. The subnet has 256 possible hosts, but one of them is excluded, so the total number of servers that Nmap will attempt to scan is 255.

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Question

Given the following Nmap scan command: [root@kali ~]# nmap 192.168.0 .* -- exclude 192.168.0.101 Which of the following is the total number of servers that Nmap will attempt to scan?

Options

A1
B101
C255
D256

Explanation

The Nmap scan command given will scan all the hosts in the 192.168.0.0/24 subnet, except for the one with the IP address 192.168.0.101. The subnet has 256 possible hosts, but one of them is excluded, so the total number of servers that Nmap will attempt to scan is 255.

Topics

#Nmap#Network Scanning#Target Specification#Host Discovery

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