A Security Analyst Is Trying to Determine If a Host

question 101

Multiple Choice

A security analyst is trying to determine if a host is active on a network. The analyst first attempts the following: The analyst runs the following command next: Which of the following would explain the difference in results?

• A) ICMP is being blocked by a firewall.
• B) The routing tables for ping and hping3 were different. The routing tables for ping and hping3 were different.
• C) The original ping command needed root permission to execute. The original command needed root permission to execute.
• D) hping3 is returning a false positive. is returning a false positive.

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