Why multiple IP addresses are specified?

A penetration tester is performing initial intelligence gathering on some remote hosts prior to conducting a vulnerability scan.
The tester runs the following command: nmap -p 192.168.1.1, 192.168.1.2, 192.168.1.3 -sV -o –max-rate 2 192.168.1.130 Which of the following BEST describes why multiple IP addresses are specified?
A. The network is subnetted as a/25 or greater, and the tester needed to access hosts on two different subnets.
B. The tester is trying to perform a more stealthy scan by including several bogus addresses.
C. The scanning machine has several interfaces to balance the scan request across at the specified rate.
D. A discovery scan is run on the first set of addresses, whereas a deeper, more aggressive scan is run against the latter host.

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3 thoughts on “Why multiple IP addresses are specified?

  1. Question should be
    A penetration tester is perform initial intelligence gathering on some remote hosts prior to conducting a vulnerability < The tester runs the following command

    nmap -D 192.168.1.1,192.168.1.2,192.168.1.3 -sV -O –max-rate 2 192.168.1.30

    Which ol the following BEST describes why multiple IP addresses are specified?

    Answer would be B.
    resource https://www.armourinfosec.com/nmap-cheat-sheet/

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