week 2 activity 1 Perform Reconnaissance with Nmap in Comp Tia

 Required Actions & Questions

Used WhoIs.org to discover name servers

Q1Which of the following Name Servers are being used by CorpNet.xyz?

Your answer: NS1.NETHOST.NET

Correct answer: NS1.NETHOST.NET, NS2.NETHOST.NET

Used nslookup to discover www.corpnet.xyz IP address

Q2What is the IP address for CorpNet.xyz?

Your answer: 198.28.1.1

Correct answer: 198.28.1.1

Used nmap to discover open ports for ftp and telnet

Q3Which of the following servers use the potentially vulnerable ftp and telnet ports?

Your answer: 198.28.1.2

Correct answer: 198.28.1.3, 198.28.1.4

Explanation

In this lab, your task is to perform reconnaissance on www.corpnet.xyz and to find potentially vulnerable ports on the servers in the CorpNet networks as follows:

• On Consult-Lap, use the Whois.org site to determine the domain name servers used by www.corpnet.xyz.
• On Consult-Lap, use nslookup to determine the primary web server address.
• On Consult-Lap2, use Zenmap to perform an nmap search for open ports for the 198.28.1.0/24 network.
• Answer the questions.

Complete this lab as follows:

1. Find the name servers used by www.corpnet.xyz as follows:
   1. From the taskbar, open Chrome.
   2. In the URL field, type whois.org and press Enter.
   3. In the Search for a domain name filed, enter www.corpnet.xyz.
   4. Select Search.
   5. In the top right, select Answer Questions.
   6. Answer question 1.
2. Find the IP address used by www.corpnet.xyz as follows:
   1. Right-click Start and select Windows PowerShell (Admin).
   2. At the prompt, type nslookup www.corpnet.xyz ns1.nethost.net and press Enter.
   3. Answer question 2.
   4. Minimize the question dialog.
3. Use Zenmap to run an nmap command to scan for open ports as follows:
   1. From the navigation tabs, select Buildings.
   2. Under Red Cell, select Consult-Lap2.
   3. From the Favorites bar, open Zenmap.
   4. Maximize Zenmap for easier viewing.
   5. In the Command field type nmap -p- 198.28.1.0/24.
   6. Select Scan to scan for open ports on all servers located on this network.
   7. In the top right, select Answer Questions.
   8. Answer question 3.
   9. Select Score Lab.