Unit 2 Lab: Performing Reconnaissance from the WAN and Scanning the Network on the LAN

answer the following questions. Conduct research and cite supporting sources in APA format where appropriate.

1. What is the purpose of banner grabbing and how banner grabbing is used? Identify two tools/methods/commands to perform banner grabbing in addition to Nmap, Zenmap, netcat and telnet. Provide a syntax example of one of them.
2. Identify two popular reconnaissance tools. Compare and contrast your chosen reconnaissance tools and explain the benefits and limitations of each.
3. Describe two pros and two cons of using the Metasploit framework. Discuss how Meterpreter is used in the post exploitation phase.
4. When would you use the Nmap scripting engine? Describe a commonly used script and give an example of its use syntax.
5. Why are there timing and performance options in Nmap? When would you perform a paranoid scan? Give an example of an Nmap paranoid scan.