CompTIA Network+ (N10-008) — Question 727

A network engineer is troubleshooting application connectivity issues between a server and a client. The network engineer needs to view the certificate exchange between the two hosts. Which of the following tools should the network engineer use?

Answer options

Correct answer: B

Explanation

The correct tool for capturing and analyzing the packet data, including certificate exchanges, is tcpdump. The other options, such as dig and nmap, are primarily used for DNS queries and port scanning respectively, while traceroute is used for determining the path packets take through a network, making them unsuitable for viewing certificate exchanges.