Multiple choice

Which of the following is/are incorrect about active fingerprinting?

  1. It is used for transmitting the network packets to the remote hosts.

  2. It allows the scanner to obtain more accurate results than a passive scanner, and in a shorter amount of time.

  3. This approach uses the TCP/IP protocols for transmitting the packets.

  4. It is the process of analysing packets from a host on a network.

  5. None of the above
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D Correct answer
Explanation

This is called passive fingerprinting. Active fingerprinting does not analyse but transmit the packets from a host on a network.

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