Question

How many types of fingerprinting are there in ethical hacking?

(a) 5

(b) 4

(c) 3

(d) 2

I have been asked this question in exam.

Question is taken from Fingerprinting topic in section Cyber Security of Cyber Security

Answer 1

Correct answer is (d) 2

To elaborate: There are two types of fingerprinting in ethical hacking. These are active fingerprinting and passive fingerprinting. Active fingerprinting is gained if you send especially skilled packets to a target machine whereas passive fingerprinting is dependent on sniffer traces from the remote computer.