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Nmap Live Host Discovery

TryHackMe20 answered prompts

Nmap Live Host Discovery TryHackMe walkthrough with 20 answered prompts.

Prompts and answers

  • How many devices can see the ARP Request?
    4
  • Did computer6 receive the ARP Request? (Y/N)
    N
  • How many devices can see the ARP Request?
    4
  • Did computer6 reply to the ARP Request? (Y/N)
    Y
  • What is the first IP address Nmap would scan if you provided 10.10.12.13/29 as your target?
    10.10.12.8
  • How many IP addresses will Nmap scan if you provide the following range 10.10.0-255.101-125?
    6400
  • What is the type of packet that computer1 sent before the ping?
    ARP Request
  • What is the type of packet that computer1 received before being able to send the ping?
    ARP Response
  • How many computers responded to the ping request?
    1
  • What is the name of the first device that responded to the first ARP Request?
    router
  • What is the name of the first device that responded to the second ARP Request?
    computer5
  • Send another Ping Request. Did it require new ARP Requests? (Y/N)
    N
  • How many devices are you able to discover using ARP requests?
    3
  • What is the option required to tell Nmap to use ICMP Timestamp to discover live hosts?
    -PP
  • What is the option required to tell Nmap to use ICMP Address Mask to discover live hosts?
    -PM
  • What is the option required to tell Nmap to use ICMP Echo to discover live hosts?
    -PE
  • Which TCP ping scan does not require a privileged account?
    TCP SYN Ping
  • Which TCP ping scan requires a privileged account?
    TCP ACK Ping
  • What option do you need to add to Nmap to run a TCP SYN ping scan on the telnet port?
    -PS23
  • We want Nmap to issue a reverse DNS lookup for all the possibles hosts on a subnet, hoping to get some insights from the names. What option should we add?
    -R