ECCouncil Exam Questions

What would be the name of this tool?

John is using a special tool on his Linux platform that has a database containing signatures to be able to detect hundreds of vulnerabilities in UNIX, Windows, and commonly used web CGI scripts. Moreover, the database detects DDoS zombies and Trojans as well. What would be the name of this tool?

A.
hping2

B.
nessus

C.
make

D.
nmap

Explanation:
Nessus is the world’s most popular vulnerability scanner, estimated to be used by over 75,000 organizations world-wide. Nmap is mostly used for scanning, not for detecting vulnerabilities. Hping is a free packet generator and analyzer for the TCP/IP protocol and make is used to automatically build large applications on the *nix plattform.