22 CEH M2 Footprinting and Reconnaissance

Which of the following is a primary goal of the footprinting phase in ethical hacking?

• Exploiting vulnerabilities in a system

• Gathering as much information as possible about the target

• Installing keyloggers on the target system

• Blocking access to a network

What information can be obtained from the WHOIS database during reconnaissance?

• Domain registration details

• IP address allocation

• Network protocols

• Server uptime

Which search engine operator can be used to find pages that link to a specific URL?

• link:

• related:

• inurl:

• allintext:

How can social networks be exploited during the reconnaissance phase?

• To gather employee information, job roles, and organizational structure

• To detect firewall configurations

• To scan for malware

• To determine IP address ranges

What DNS record type would an attacker query to discover mail servers used by a target organization?

• MX

• A

• CNAME

• PTR

A records, MX records, SRV records

• To ensure email delivery to the correct mail server

• To provide a backup for the primary DNS server

• To map domain names to IP addresses

• To facilitate load balancing across multiple servers