TCP/IP stack fingerprinting is the passive collection of configuration attributes from a remote device during...

Vendor: SANS
Product: SEC504
Update on: Jan 10, 2026
Questions: 328

SANS SEC504 Question Answer

TCP/IP stack fingerprinting is the passive collection of configuration attributes from a remote device during standard layer 4 network communications. The combination of parameters may then be used to infer the remote operating system (OS fingerprinting), or incorporated into a device fingerprint.

Which of the following Nmap switches can be used to perform TCP/IP stack fingerprinting?

nmap -sS

nmap -sU -p

nmap -O -p

nmap -sT