Scanning Networks Flashcards
What is the purpose of the TCP ‘SYN’ flag?
The SYN flag notifies the transmission of a new sequence number. This flag generally represents the establishment of a connection (three-way handshake) between two hosts
What is the purpose of the TCP ‘ACK’ flag?
The ACK flag confirms the receipt of the transmission and identifies the next expected sequence number. When the system successfully receives a packet, it sets the value of its flag to “1,” thus implying that the receiver should pay attention to it.
What is the purpose of the TCP ‘FIN’ flag?
The FIN flag is set to “1” to announce that no more transmissions will be sent to the remote system and the connection established by the SYN flag is terminated
What is the purpose of the TCP ‘RST’ flag?
The RST flag is set to “1” when there is an error in the current connection and the connection is aborted in response. Attackers use this flag to scan hosts and identify open ports
What is Network Scanning?
Network scanning is a procedure for identifying active hosts on a network, either to attack them or assess the security of the network
What is Port Scanning?
Port scanning is the process of checking the services running on the target computer by sending a sequence of messages in an attempt to break in
What is Vulnerability Scanning?
Vulnerability scanning is a method for checking whether a system is exploitable by identifying its vulnerabilities
What is Banner Grabbing?
Banner grabbing, or “OS fingerprinting,” is a method used to determine the OS that is running on a remote target system
Which flag do you pass to hping to get the initial sequence number?
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What is Netcraft?
Netcraft provides Internet security services, including anti-fraud and anti-phishing services, application testing, and PCI scanning
What is Maltego?
Maltego is a program that can be used to determine the relationships and real-world links between people, groups of people, organizations, websites, Internet infrastructure, documents, etc
What is Fing?
Fing is a mobile app for Android and iOS that scans and provides complete network information, such as IP address, MAC address, device vendor, and ISP location. It allows attackers to discover all devices connected to a Wi-Fi network along with their IP and MAC address as well as the name of the vendor/device manufacturer
What flag do you pass to hping to perform an ACK scan?
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Which flag do you pass to nmap to perform a ping sweep (discover hosts but don’t scan ports)?
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What TCP port does TFTP use?
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