Eric notices repeated probes to port 1080.

Vendor: ECCouncil
Product: EC0-350
Update on: Jul 25, 2025
Questions: 878

ECCouncil EC0-350 Question Answer

Eric notices repeated probes to port 1080. He learns that the protocol being used is designed to allow a host outside of a firewall to connect transparently and securely through the firewall. He wonders if his firewall has been breached. What would be your inference?

Eric network has been penetrated by a firewall breach

The attacker is using the ICMP protocol to have a covert channel

Eric has a Wingate package providing FTP redirection on his network

Somebody is using SOCKS on the network to communicate through the firewall