GIAC Exam GPEN Topic 9 Question 67 Discussion

Actual exam question for GIAC's GPEN exam

Question #: 67
Topic #: 9

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In which of the following scanning methods does an attacker send the spoofed IP address to send a SYN packet to the target?

AIDLE

BTCP FIN

CNULL

DXMAS

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Suggested Answer: C

by Chaya at Feb 10, 2025, 09:12 AM

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Tegan

1 months ago

IDLE, because who needs a real plan when you can just sit back and let the computer do all the work?

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Kaycee

1 months ago

A) IDLE, the perfect choice for the lazy hacker who wants to let someone else do the work.

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Patti

6 days ago

C) NULL, I heard that one can be pretty effective in evading detection.

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Vilma

8 days ago

B) TCP FIN, that sounds like a sneaky way to attack a target.

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Tammy

21 days ago

A) IDLE, the perfect choice for the lazy hacker who wants to let someone else do the work.

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Justine

1 months ago

C) NULL, the only thing more empty than this question is my brain right now.

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Curt

23 hours ago

D) XMAS

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Honey

2 days ago

C) NULL

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Fairy

11 days ago

B) TCP FIN

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Georgene

17 days ago

A) IDLE

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Sheron

2 months ago

D) XMAS, because who doesn't love a good Christmas-themed network attack?

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Yan

3 days ago

D) XMAS

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Ula

4 days ago

C) NULL

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Christiane

1 months ago

B) TCP FIN

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Lucy

2 months ago

A) IDLE

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Tomoko

2 months ago

I'm not sure, but I think it might be C) NULL because it also involves sending spoofed IP addresses.

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Sean

2 months ago

Hmm, I'm pretty sure it's IDLE, gotta love that spoofed IP address magic.

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Marguerita

20 days ago

Yeah, XMAS is the correct answer

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Marget

1 months ago

Bummer, I thought it was A) IDLE too

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Gene

1 months ago

No, it's actually D) XMAS

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Milly

2 months ago

A) IDLE

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Adria

2 months ago

I agree with Melodie, because in XMAS scanning, the attacker sends spoofed IP addresses to send SYN packets.

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Melodie

2 months ago

I think the answer is D) XMAS.

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