A New Version of the Primary Operating System Used by a Company

question 525

Multiple Choice

A new version of the primary operating system used by a company has been released. Due to some significant changes in the OS, a system administrator wants to see which remotely accessible services are enabled by default to assess the security risk prior to upgrading to the new version. Which of the following utilities should the administrator use?

• A) Cipher program
• B) Port scanner
• C) Telnet client
• D) Packet sniffer

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Definitions:

Optimal Solution

The most efficient and effective answer to a problem, maximizing or minimizing the desired variables within constraints.

Supply Unused

Resources or products that have not been consumed or utilized within a given period, often leading to inefficiencies or increased costs.

Degeneracy

An occurrence in transportation models in which too few squares or shipping routes are being used, so that tracing a closed path for each unused square becomes impossible.