A port scanner can be used to (i) attack a network and (ii) as a defense against an attack.
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this is not true because no one would like to scan their own ports. |
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this is true because while a port scanner attacks the other party's network it secures the attacker's own network by removing its footprints. |
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this is true because testing your own ports for vulnerabilities is defense, and checking someone else's open ports is a stage of attack. |
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this is not true because a port scanner is neither a defense tool nor an attack tool. It is a document scanning software. |
this is true because testing your own ports for vulnerabilities is defense, and checking someone else's open ports is a stage of attack.
A port scanner can be used to (i) attack a network and (ii) as a defense...
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