Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH v10) — Question 6

If a tester is attempting to ping a target that exists but receives no response or a response that states the destination is unreachable, ICMP may be disabled and the network may be using TCP. Which other option could the tester use to get a response from a host using TCP?

Answer options

• A. Traceroute
• B. Hping
• C. TCP ping
• D. Broadcast ping

Correct answer: B

Explanation

Hping is a versatile tool that can send custom TCP packets and can be used to perform TCP-based pings. Traceroute is primarily for mapping the path data takes to a destination, while TCP ping is not a widely recognized tool. Broadcast ping does not target a single host and is not suitable for this scenario.