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SANS 401 FINAL EXAM 2025/2026 NEWEST ACTUAL EXAM
WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
|ALREADY GRADED A+|
Which of the following statements best describes where a border
router is normally placed?
Between your ISP and your external firewall - Between your
firewall and your internal network - Between your ISP and DNS
server - Between your firewall and DNS server -ANSWERS-
Between your ISP and your external firewall
( Explanation )A border router is normally placed between our
Internet Service Provider (ISP) and our firewall.
Which of the following Linux commands can change both the
username and groupname a file belongs to?
chown - chgrp - newgrp - chmod -ANSWERS-chown
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( Explanation )
The chown command can also be run to change both the user
ownership and group ownership at the same time. For example to
change the document 'file.txt' owner to a user 'jdoe' and the group
identifier to 'marketing' you can issue this command:
chown jdoe:marketing file.txt
You are asked by your manager to run a vulnerability scan
against the engineering department's network. What should you
ensure you have before performing any scanning activity?
Previous Scan Results - Commercial Vulnerability Scanner -
Written Permission - Wireless Internet Scans - Root Access to
Systems -ANSWERS-Written Permission
( Explanation )
Note that vulnerability scanning can be hazardous to your career.
The difference between a penetration tester and an attacker is
permission! Be sure you have it. If you are just now coming up
with a scanning policy in your organization, get written permission
from the highest level possible in your organization
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Which of the following methods is part of the process of permitting
remote access to the registry key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion even when restrictive permissions for remote
access on all other keys has been set?
Stop and disable the Remote Registry Service at the specific
server. - Pause the Remote Registry Service at the specific
server. - Add the key value to the
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Sec
urePipeServers\winreg\AllowedPaths subkey. - Add proper ACLs
to access the key value to the
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Sec
urePipeServers\winreg\ key.
INCORRECT ON PT -ANSWERS-Add the key value to the
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Sec
urePipeServers\winreg\AllowedPaths subkey.
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( Explanation )You can add keys that will not be affected by the
\winreg key ACL (which determines remote access permissions
for the entire registry) to the AllowedPaths subkey in the \winreg
key. Stopping the Remote Registry Services will prevent any
remote access to the remote registry at the specific host.
Which Linux command below is similar to the Windows "dir"
command?
cd - ls - ls - ln - file - du -ANSWERS-ls
( Explanation )
The ls command in Linux lists files and directory contents. The file
command is used to describe what type of data is in a file. The cd
command is used to change directories. The du command is used
to describe how much space a file or directory takes. The ln
command is used to create a shortcut.
An organization is worried about malicious or unauthorized
software being run on their network. What solution should they
implement for the best security?
SANS 401 FINAL EXAM 2025/2026 NEWEST ACTUAL EXAM
WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
|ALREADY GRADED A+|
Which of the following statements best describes where a border
router is normally placed?
Between your ISP and your external firewall - Between your
firewall and your internal network - Between your ISP and DNS
server - Between your firewall and DNS server -ANSWERS-
Between your ISP and your external firewall
( Explanation )A border router is normally placed between our
Internet Service Provider (ISP) and our firewall.
Which of the following Linux commands can change both the
username and groupname a file belongs to?
chown - chgrp - newgrp - chmod -ANSWERS-chown
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( Explanation )
The chown command can also be run to change both the user
ownership and group ownership at the same time. For example to
change the document 'file.txt' owner to a user 'jdoe' and the group
identifier to 'marketing' you can issue this command:
chown jdoe:marketing file.txt
You are asked by your manager to run a vulnerability scan
against the engineering department's network. What should you
ensure you have before performing any scanning activity?
Previous Scan Results - Commercial Vulnerability Scanner -
Written Permission - Wireless Internet Scans - Root Access to
Systems -ANSWERS-Written Permission
( Explanation )
Note that vulnerability scanning can be hazardous to your career.
The difference between a penetration tester and an attacker is
permission! Be sure you have it. If you are just now coming up
with a scanning policy in your organization, get written permission
from the highest level possible in your organization
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Which of the following methods is part of the process of permitting
remote access to the registry key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion even when restrictive permissions for remote
access on all other keys has been set?
Stop and disable the Remote Registry Service at the specific
server. - Pause the Remote Registry Service at the specific
server. - Add the key value to the
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Sec
urePipeServers\winreg\AllowedPaths subkey. - Add proper ACLs
to access the key value to the
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Sec
urePipeServers\winreg\ key.
INCORRECT ON PT -ANSWERS-Add the key value to the
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Sec
urePipeServers\winreg\AllowedPaths subkey.
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( Explanation )You can add keys that will not be affected by the
\winreg key ACL (which determines remote access permissions
for the entire registry) to the AllowedPaths subkey in the \winreg
key. Stopping the Remote Registry Services will prevent any
remote access to the remote registry at the specific host.
Which Linux command below is similar to the Windows "dir"
command?
cd - ls - ls - ln - file - du -ANSWERS-ls
( Explanation )
The ls command in Linux lists files and directory contents. The file
command is used to describe what type of data is in a file. The cd
command is used to change directories. The du command is used
to describe how much space a file or directory takes. The ln
command is used to create a shortcut.
An organization is worried about malicious or unauthorized
software being run on their network. What solution should they
implement for the best security?
