during a penetration test, the tester performs a preliminary scan for any responsive hosts which of the following best explains why the tester is doing this?
a. To determine if the network routers are improperly forwarding request packets
b. to identify the total number of hosts and determine if the network can be victimized by a dos attack
c. to identify servers for subsequent scans and further investigation
d. to identify the unresponsive hosts and determine if those could be used as zombies in a follow-up scan
In penetration test, the tester performs a preliminary scan for any responsive hosts so as to identify the unresponsive hosts and determine if those could be used as zombies in a follow-up scan.
Explanation:Penetration testing is basically carried out to check security level of system,to check if system is vulnerable.Penetration testing is done to check which hosts are likely alive and responsive.It is done by sending them packets and monitoring their responses.If a host is found unresponsive it will be further checked if those could be used as zombies,which means used by attacker to gain illegitimate access to system and create more such zombies.This could be avoided by doing penetration testing.
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