A security engineer identified a new server on the network and wants to scan the host to determine if it is running an approved version of Linux and a patched version of Apache. Which of the following commands will accomplish this task?
A) nmap -f -sV -p80 192.168.1.20
B) nmap -sS -sL -p80 192.168.1.20
C) nmap -A -T4 -p80 192.168.1.20
D) nmap -O -v -p80 192.168.1.20

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The -A flag enables aggressive scanning, which includes version detection and script scanning. The -T4 flag sets the scan speed to 4, which is a good balance between speed and accuracy. The -p80 flag specifies the port to scan, which is 80 for HTTP.

A Security Engineer Identified a New Server on the Network