A security analyst is scanning a target that is behind a firewall that drops all ICMP traffic. The analyst needs to discover live hosts and open ports. Which Nmap technique is most effective in this scenario?

Use a TCP SYN scan on common ports with the -Pn flag

Use a ping sweep with ICMP echo requests

A security analyst is performing a reconnaissance scan against a target network. The analyst needs to identify which hosts are alive without triggering noisy per-port scans, and then determine the operating system of each live host. The analyst has permission to scan the target. Which Nmap command sequence best achieves this?

nmap -sS 192.168.1.0/24, then nmap -sV

nmap -sU 192.168.1.0/24, then nmap -O

nmap -p- 192.168.1.0/24, then nmap -A

nmap -sn 192.168.1.0/24, then nmap -O

What is the primary purpose of enumeration in the ethical hacking methodology?

To passively collect information from public sources

To exploit vulnerabilities in target systems

To identify live hosts on a network

To extract detailed information such as user accounts, shares, and services from target systems

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A security analyst is scanning a target that is behind a firewall that drops all ICMP traffic. The analyst needs to discover live hosts and open ports. Which Nmap technique is most effective in this scenario?

What is the primary purpose of enumeration in the ethical hacking methodology?

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