Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH v10) — Question 198

You are a Penetration Tester and are assigned to scan a server. You need to use a scanning technique wherein the TCP Header is split into many packets so that it becomes difficult to detect what the packets are meant for.
Which of the below scanning technique will you use?

Answer options

• A. ACK flag scanning
• B. TCP Scanning
• C. IP Fragment Scanning
• D. Inverse TCP flag scanning

Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct answer is C, IP Fragment Scanning, as it involves dividing the TCP Header into smaller packets, making detection more challenging. The other options, such as ACK flag scanning and Inverse TCP flag scanning, do not specifically focus on fragmenting the TCP Header, and TCP Scanning typically refers to standard scanning techniques that do not obscure packet information.