Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH v12) — Question 283

What would be the purpose of running "wget 192.168.0.15 -q -S" against a web server?

Answer options

• A. Performing content enumeration on the web server to discover hidden folders
• B. Using wget to perform banner grabbing on the webserver
• C. Flooding the web server with requests to perform a DoS attack
• D. Downloading all the contents of the web page locally for further examination

Correct answer: B

Explanation

The correct answer, B, is accurate because the '-S' option in wget is used for retrieving the server's response headers, which is a method for banner grabbing. Options A and D are incorrect as they describe different functionalities of wget, while option C is not applicable since the command does not flood the server but rather retrieves data.