CompTIA Security+: Networking Questions Made Easy
September 07, 2024

CompTIA Security+: Networking Questions Made Easy

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Struggling with CompTIA Security+ exam questions? 

You’re not alone. In this episode, I’m going to walk you through a couple of questions you might see on the SY0-701 exam that test your knowledge of how improve back-end scalability and how a pentester moves within a network after compromising a server.

I’ll break down the right answers and explain why each option works or doesn’t. By the end, you’ll know how to recognize similar patterns in your own exam. If you’re getting ready for Security+, this is for you.

There's a video version of this episode with visual explanations on YouTube here:

For question 17 in this episode, here's the Nmap input command:

INPUT
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nmap -sV -p 1-65535 -T4 192.168.1.0/24

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and the sample Nmap output:
 
OUTPUT

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Nmap scan report for 192.168.1.100 (Server B)

Host is up (0.00044s latency).

Not shown: 65532 closed ports

PORT      STATE SERVICE       VERSION

22/tcp    open  ssh           OpenSSH 7.2p2 Ubuntu 4ubuntu2.10 (Ubuntu Linux; protocol 2.0)

80/tcp    open  http          Apache httpd 2.4.7 ((Ubuntu))

443/tcp   open  https         Apache httpd 2.4.7 ((Ubuntu))


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Good luck with your CompTIA Security+ SY0-701 exam! You can do it! 👍🏾

Questions? Need tutoring help?: 🔗 Contact me here: https://www.tekordie.com/contact/

Additional helpful resources:
TRY HACK ME labs and simulations: 🔗 https://tryhackme.com/

🔗 What is Cuckoo? — Cuckoo Sandbox v2.0.7 Book

🔗 Autopsy 

🔗 Memory Forensics: How to Pull Passwords from a Memory Dump

🔗 OpenSSH 7.2p2 Authentication Password Username information disclosure.

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