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SY0-501 · Question #153

An auditor wants to test the security posture of an organization by running a tool that will display the following: Which of the following commands should be used?

The correct answer is A. nbtstat. An auditor testing security posture to display NetBIOS over TCP/IP (NetBT) protocol statistics or name tables should use the nbtstat command.

Submitted by haru.x· Mar 4, 2026Security operations

Question

An auditor wants to test the security posture of an organization by running a tool that will display the following:

Which of the following commands should be used?

Options

  • Anbtstat
  • Bnc
  • Carp
  • Dipconfig

How the community answered

(24 responses)
  • A
    71% (17)
  • B
    8% (2)
  • C
    17% (4)
  • D
    4% (1)

Why each option

An auditor testing security posture to display NetBIOS over TCP/IP (NetBT) protocol statistics or name tables should use the `nbtstat` command.

AnbtstatCorrect

The `nbtstat` command is specifically used to display NetBIOS over TCP/IP (NetBT) protocol statistics, NetBIOS name tables for local and remote computers, and the NetBIOS name cache. An auditor would use this to identify active NetBIOS names, services, and potential shares on a network, which can indicate security vulnerabilities or misconfigurations related to legacy naming services.

Bnc

`nc` (netcat) is a versatile utility used for reading from and writing to network connections, often for port scanning or banner grabbing, but not specifically for displaying NetBIOS statistics or name tables.

Carp

`arp` displays and modifies the IP-to-Physical address translation tables, showing MAC addresses mapped to IP addresses on the local segment, which is unrelated to NetBIOS information.

Dipconfig

`ipconfig` displays current TCP/IP network configuration values for network adapters, such as IP addresses, subnet masks, and default gateways, but does not show NetBIOS information.

Concept tested: NetBIOS over TCP/IP (NetBT) command-line utility

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/nbtstat

Topics

#nbtstat#NetBIOS#network enumeration#reconnaissance

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