Exam PT0-002 topic 1 question 382 discussion

Remote access is a continuous stream of data. ProxyChains has a "dynamic" option which would allow the stream to continue should one of the proxy servers go down or get blocked, as it would fall back to another proxy server within the chain of proxies configured by the tester. This ensures the integrity and persistence of the remote access connection while also masking the tester's actual IP address

If we didn’t agree on a gray- or white-box model and our IPs were not whitelisted, what can we do to bypass those limitations which are regulated by the customer and their firewall? Here, we can see only one possibility to evade those limitations: by switching both our IP address and user-agent. Fingerprint could be right.

ProxyChains is commonly used during a penetration testing assessment to achieve remote access by masking the source of network traffic, allowing an attacker to pivot through a compromised system within a network and access other internal hosts that might otherwise be unreachable directly from the internet; essentially enabling "remote access" through a chain of proxy servers while obscuring their origin.

B : B. To use remote access tools Explanation: ProxyChains is a tool used to route network traffic through a series of proxies (such as Tor, SOCKS proxies, or other anonymous services) to mask the tester's IP address and bypass firewalls or network restrictions during an assessment. This is particularly useful when using remote access tools to connect to a target while maintaining anonymity or bypassing network filters.

C : B. To use remote access tools Explanation: ProxyChains is a tool used to route network traffic through a series of proxies (such as Tor, SOCKS proxies, or other anonymous services) to mask the tester's IP address and bypass firewalls or network restrictions during an assessment. This is particularly useful when using remote access tools to connect to a target while maintaining anonymity or bypassing network filters.