answer the following questions. Conduct research and cite supporting sources in APA format where appropriate.
- What is the purpose of banner grabbing and how banner grabbing is used? Identify two tools/methods/commands to perform banner grabbing in addition to Nmap, Zenmap, netcat and telnet. Provide a syntax example of one of them.
- Identify two popular reconnaissance tools. Compare and contrast your chosen reconnaissance tools and explain the benefits and limitations of each.
- Describe two pros and two cons of using the Metasploit framework. Discuss how Meterpreter is used in the post exploitation phase.
- When would you use the Nmap scripting engine? Describe a commonly used script and give an example of its use syntax.
- Why are there timing and performance options in Nmap? When would you perform a paranoid scan? Give an example of an Nmap paranoid scan.