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1. Option Profile 2. Difference between Asset group and Asset Tag 3. What is Honey Pot. 4. Difference between Hasing and encryption. 5. What is cross site scripting. 6. Windows 7. Standard Port- TCP-1900 UDP-180 8. OWASP top-10 Vulnerability. 9. How CVSS is calculated. What all criteria is considered in CVSS. 10. Which is latest version of CVSS. 11. What is Zero day Vulnerability. 12. What is tracert 13. How you priorities vulnerability. 1. Authenticated vs unauthenticated scan. 2. Appliance 3. False positive
Jul 19, 2021

1. Option Profile 2. Difference between Asset group and Asset Tag 3. What is Honey Pot. 4. Difference between Hasing and encryption. 5. What is cross site scripting. 6. Windows 7. Standard Port- TCP-1900 UDP-180 8. OWASP top-10 Vulnerability. 9. How CVSS is calculated. What all criteria is considered in CVSS. 10. Which is latest version of CVSS. 11. What is Zero day Vulnerability. 12. What is tracert 13. How you priorities vulnerability. 1. Authenticated vs unauthenticated scan. 2. Appliance 3. False positive

Some q's - Q:How do you find the name server? A: cat /etc/resolv.conf - "What's the diff between layer 2 + layer 3?" - Walk through iptables and explain input chains - What is the IP of this box? How do you know which IP is associated with this box? (see how the phrasing is weird?) - Determine which hosts are up in this CIDR net - Which hosts have SMB signing disabled? - What's the significance of SMB signing? - What type of file is this pentera.tar? - Open the .tar file. "How do you determine when to be a SME vs transferring the knowledge?"
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Interviewed at Pentera

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Oct 14, 2025

Some q's - Q:How do you find the name server? A: cat /etc/resolv.conf - "What's the diff between layer 2 + layer 3?" - Walk through iptables and explain input chains - What is the IP of this box? How do you know which IP is associated with this box? (see how the phrasing is weird?) - Determine which hosts are up in this CIDR net - Which hosts have SMB signing disabled? - What's the significance of SMB signing? - What type of file is this pentera.tar? - Open the .tar file. "How do you determine when to be a SME vs transferring the knowledge?"

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