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Question #: 237
Topic #: 1

A security analyst needs to assess the web-server versions on a list of hosts to determine which are running a vulnerable version of the software and then output that list into an XML file named webserverlist.xml. The host list is provided in a file named webserverlist.txt. Which of the following Nmap commands would BEST accomplish this goal?

A. nmap –iL webserverlist.txt –sC –p 443 –oX webserverlist.xml
B. nmap –iL webserverlist.txt –sV –p 443 –oX webserverlist.xml
C. nmap –iL webserverlist.txt –F –p 443 –oX weberserverlist.xml
D. nmap --takefile webserverlist.txt --outputfileasXML webserverlist.xml --scanports 443

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Suggested Answer: B 🗳️

by mrodmv at Dec. 6, 2022, 12:02 a.m.

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db97

Highly Voted 2 years, 2 months ago

-sV tests the software/service version. B is correct.

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2Fish

2 years, 1 month ago

Agree, -sV is the key here.

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PhillyCheese

Most Recent 2 years, 2 months ago

Selected Answer: B

Version detection (-sV) can be used to help differentiate the truly open ports from the filtered ones. Use to probe open ports to determine service/version info

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mrodmv

2 years, 4 months ago

Selected Answer: B

https://linux.die.net/man/1/nmap

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