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Question #: 56
Topic #: 4
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A hacker is attempting to see which IP addresses are currently active on a network. Which NMAP switch would the hacker use?

  • A. -sO
  • B. -sP
  • C. -sS
  • D. -sU
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Suggested Answer: B 🗳️
by strcelrau at July 4, 2019, 9:47 a.m.

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a4687eb
4 months, 1 week ago
Selected Answer: B
-sP ping Question is not about port scanning and port status but about IP adress and alive host. for this reason the best is -sP
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Pragdeashwar
7 months, 1 week ago
-sP ping scan provides status of host
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Predator2000
11 months, 1 week ago
Selected Answer: C
-sS Stealth scan (a hacker use this)
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hackmenow
4 years, 1 month ago
-sP does not show up in NMAP manual
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bleble00001
4 years, 1 month ago
It does. "In previous releases of Nmap, -sn was known as -sP." https://linux.die.net/man/1/nmap
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Lumos98
3 years, 5 months ago
This is correct. -sn (No port scan) This option tells Nmap not to do a port scan after host discovery, and only print out the available hosts that responded to the host discovery probes. This is often known as a “ping scan”
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hackmenow
4 years, 1 month ago
sO is IP protocol scan
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cycoghost
4 years, 7 months ago
SS is used to scan ports in the lower 1000 by default. Not ip addresses
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strcelrau
5 years, 4 months ago
a hacker would do an -sS
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