Exam 312-50v11 topic 1 question 46 discussion

Actual exam question from ECCouncil's 312-50v11

Question #: 46
Topic #: 1

A penetration tester is conducting a port scan on a specific host. The tester found several ports opened that were confusing in concluding the Operating System
(OS) version installed. Considering that NMAP result below, which of the following is likely to be installed on the target machine by the OS?

A. The host is likely a Linux machine.
B. The host is likely a printer.
C. The host is likely a router.
D. The host is likely a Windows machine.

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Suggested Answer: B 🗳️

by TroyMcLure at Sept. 3, 2022, 8:19 p.m.

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TroyMcLure

Highly Voted 1 year, 2 months ago

Correct Answer: B Printer is the answer : Result from nmap of a printer -- 515/tcp open printer 631/tcp open ipp 9100/tcp open jetdirect

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piccolopersiano

Most Recent 7 months, 3 weeks ago

from https://www.adminsub.net/tcp-udp-port-finder/ at list port 515 and 631 are marked as printer

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MGRavindra

7 months, 3 weeks ago

ipp is open. So obviously printer

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Daniel8660

1 year ago

Selected Answer: B

TCP 631, Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) TCP 9100, Printer

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damienronce

1 year, 1 month ago

B is the correct aswser : https://www.speedguide.net/port.php?port=515

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Ranjanarajshree

1 year, 2 months ago

Windows servers usually have ports 137, 139, 445 open. Linux servers usually have ports 22 and 80 open. Routers usually have only port 80 and more advanced ones have 22 and 80. If you go by the process of elimination you would settle for the Printer option.