Elante company has recently hired James as a penetration tester.

In CEH v13 Module 04: Enumeration, identifying services based on well-known port numbers is foundational for enumeration and scanning activities.

Port 21/TCP is assigned to the File Transfer Protocol (FTP).

FTP is a standard protocol used to upload, download, and manage files on a remote server.

During enumeration, open FTP ports can be probed for:

Anonymous login

Banner grabbing

Directory traversal vulnerabilities

Option Clarification:

A. BGP: Runs on TCP port 179.

C. NFS: Commonly uses port 2049.

D. RPC: Dynamically uses multiple ports.

Correct answer is B. FTP (port 21).