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

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Silvana

8 months ago

Really? Default strings still being used? Sounds fishy!

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Broderick

8 months ago

No way, "Public" is the classic default.

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Catina

8 months ago

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

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Stevie

8 months ago

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

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Tatum

9 months ago

Pretty sure "Public" is the default SNMP string.

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Geraldine

9 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

9 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

9 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

9 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

10 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

10 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

10 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

1 year 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

1 year ago

Time to change those SNMP strings, folks!

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Jaleesa

1 year ago

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

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Jutta

1 year ago

'Public' is the obvious choice here.

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Zona

1 year ago

D) Public

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Raelene

1 year ago

C) Administrator

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Ruby

1 year ago

B) Read

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Margot

1 year ago

A) Execute

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Willard

1 year ago

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

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Reuben

1 year ago

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

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Aaron

1 year ago

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

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Marg

1 year ago

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

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Gilma

1 year ago

D) Public

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Catherin

1 year ago

C) Administrator

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Harrison

1 year ago

B) Read

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Cordelia

1 year ago

A) Execute

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Wilda

1 year ago

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

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Golda

1 year ago

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

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Trina

1 year ago

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

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Tran

1 year ago

D) Public

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Lashawnda

1 year ago

C) Administrator

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Naomi

1 year ago

B) Read

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Vincent

1 year ago

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

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Rupert

1 year ago

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

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Keith

1 year ago

D) Public

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Janae

1 year ago

C) Administrator

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Lyda

1 year ago

B) Read

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Janna

1 year ago

A) Execute

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Jerilyn

1 year ago

A) Execute

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Keena

1 year ago

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

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Xuan

1 year ago

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

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Karl

1 year 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

1 year ago

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

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Antonio

1 year 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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