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CREST Registered Penetration Tester (CRT) VIP Practice Exam
CREST — CREST (Council of Registered Ethical Security Testers) is a UK-based non-profit that accredits penetration testing professionals. The CREST Registered Tester (CRT) is a written examination covering network infrastructure testing, web application testing, cryptography, Windows/Unix security, and OSINT; candidates have approximately 2-3 hours and must achieve around 60% to pass.
29
Questions
120m
Time Limit
60.00%
To Pass
Question 1 of 29👑 VIP
During a black-box penetration test, you run an Nmap scan and observe that a target responds to a SYN packet with a RST/ACK on port 443, but with a SYN/ACK on port 80. You then attempt a full TCP connect to port 443 and it succeeds. Which of the following best explains this discrepancy?
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