Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH v13) — Question 176

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 is B because the '-S' option in wget is used to show the server response, which is useful for banner grabbing. Options A and D do not reflect the specific function of wget in this context, while option C incorrectly suggests malicious intent rather than information retrieval.