Eccouncil 712-50 Exam - Topic 8 Question 72 Discussion

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Question #: 72
Topic #: 8

You are having a penetration test done on your company network and the leader of the team says they discovered all the network devices because no one had changed the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) community strings from the defaults. Which of the following is a default community string?

AExecute

BRead

CAdministrator

DPublic

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Suggested Answer: C

by Stevie at Jul 25, 2023, 05:19 AM

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Silvana

3 months ago

Really? Default strings still being used? Sounds fishy!

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Broderick

3 months ago

No way, "Public" is the classic default.

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Catina

4 months ago

I thought "Read" was the default for some devices?

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Stevie

4 months ago

Yup, definitely "Public." Can't believe they didn't change it!

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Tatum

4 months ago

Pretty sure "Public" is the default SNMP string.

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Geraldine

4 months ago

I’m leaning towards "Public" being the right answer, but I guess it could depend on the device manufacturer too.

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Carmen

4 months ago

I'm a bit confused; I thought "Read" could also be a default string, but now I'm questioning that.

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Lizette

5 months ago

I feel like I've seen a question like this before in practice exams, and "public" was definitely mentioned as a default.

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Lajuana

5 months ago

I think I remember that the default community string is often "public," but I'm not entirely sure if that's the only one.

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Peter

5 months ago

This looks like a pretty straightforward array manipulation question. I think I've got a good handle on the different array methods, so I should be able to figure this out.

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Sherell

5 months ago

This one seems pretty straightforward. I'm thinking the "debug" command would be the best option to display live log files.

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Alisha

5 months ago

I'm a little unsure about this one. Is it the Burndown Chart or the Task Breakdown? I'll have to think it through carefully.

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Eve

10 months ago

Bingo! 'Public' is the obvious choice here. I bet the penetration testers had a field day with this one. Time to change those SNMP strings, folks!

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Whitney

9 months ago

Time to change those SNMP strings, folks!

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Jaleesa

9 months ago

I bet the penetration testers had a field day with this one.

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Jutta

9 months ago

'Public' is the obvious choice here.

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Zona

9 months ago

D) Public

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Raelene

9 months ago

C) Administrator

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Ruby

9 months ago

B) Read

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Margot

9 months ago

A) Execute

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Willard

10 months ago

Hmm, 'Public'? I guess the network admins were feeling a bit too 'public' with their security settings.

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Reuben

8 months ago

I agree, they should have taken better precautions to secure the network.

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Aaron

8 months ago

Definitely not a good choice for a community string. They should have changed it.

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Marg

8 months ago

Yeah, 'Public' is a common default string. Not very secure.

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Gilma

8 months ago

D) Public

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Catherin

8 months ago

C) Administrator

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Harrison

8 months ago

B) Read

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Cordelia

8 months ago

A) Execute

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Wilda

8 months ago

I agree, it's like leaving the front door wide open for anyone to come in.

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Golda

8 months ago

Definitely not a good choice for a community string. They should have changed it.

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Trina

8 months ago

Yeah, 'Public' is a common default string. Not very secure.

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Tran

9 months ago

D) Public

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Lashawnda

9 months ago

C) Administrator

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Naomi

9 months ago

B) Read

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Vincent

9 months ago

Definitely, the network admins should have changed that to something more secure.

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Rupert

9 months ago

Yeah, 'Public' is a common default community string. Not very secure.

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Keith

9 months ago

D) Public

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Janae

9 months ago

C) Administrator

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Lyda

10 months ago

B) Read

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Janna

10 months ago

A) Execute

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Jerilyn

10 months ago

A) Execute

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Keena

10 months ago

I think the default community string is 'Public', right?

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Xuan

10 months ago

I know, it's such a basic security mistake.

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Karl

10 months ago

Well, at least they didn't discover the 'admin:password123' login credentials. That would have been a real facepalm moment.

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Helene

10 months ago

I can't believe we left the default SNMP community strings!

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Antonio

11 months ago

Ah, the classic 'Public' default community string. How original! Looks like the penetration testers have been playing too much 'Hack the Planet' lately.

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