Question

if you were to see the given command, what would you assume? hping -s -p 25 10.5.16.2 a someone had mistyped ping. b someone was trying to probe the web port of the target. c someone was trying to probe an email port on the target. d someone was trying to identify if snmp was supported on 10.5.16.2

Explanation:

The hping command is a packet - generator and analyzer. The -S option is for TCP SYN packets and port 25 is the standard SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) port used for email. So, someone is likely probing an email port on the target.

Answer:

C. Someone was trying to probe an email port on the target.