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A hacker is attempting to see which ports have been left open on a network. Which NMAP switch would the hacker

A hacker is attempting to see which ports have been left open on a network. Which NMAP switch would the hacker use?

A. -sO

B. -sP

C. -sS

D. -sU

One Comment on “A hacker is attempting to see which ports have been left open on a network. Which NMAP switch would the hacker

  1. hostofseraphim says:

    According to the NMAP project guide, the -sO command determines which protocol are suppoerted by a target machine, the guide states that “this isnt technically a port scan, since it cycles through IP protocol numbers rather than TCP/UDP port numbers”.
    Can anyone explain this?
    I would choose the -sS option.


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