A penetration tester is analyzing a pcap file and notices a series of TCP SYN packets sent to a host on port 80, followed by RST packets. What does this pattern indicate?

The host is experiencing a denial-of-service attack

The host is running a web server that is rejecting connections

The host is performing a DNS lookup

A port scan is being performed against the host

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Active and Passive Reconnaissance PT0-003 Practice Questions (Page 6)

Part of the Reconnaissance and enumeration domain, which accounts for 21% of the PT0-003 exam. CompTIA does not publish an official question count, but from its 165-minute exam (~65–110 total, ~14–23 in this domain), expect 4–6 from this objective — we provide 26 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)

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Active and Passive Reconnaissance PT0-003 Practice Questions (Page 6)

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A penetration tester is analyzing a pcap file and notices a series of TCP SYN packets sent to a host on port 80, followed by RST packets. What does this pattern indicate?

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