Milo is trying to learn all he can about a network. He is looking for easy things he can do that might reveal information. Eventually, he can collect all of that data and after analysis learn perhaps enough to have a complete picture. One technique is to send email to email addresses with different status such as; valid users, non-existent addresses, users on vacation, employees that are no longer there, and commonly named email groups.
What would be a reason for doing this?
A) To verify information about the email administrator
B) Gather information about internal hosts
C) See how the IT department responds to a Denial of service attack
D) To learn about the internal policies for handling such events

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Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Sending email to non-existent addresses might reveal addresses of internal mail relays, but it also tells the attacker about policies for handling such mail including how to handle, bounces, full in-boxes, vacations, ex-employees, undeliverable, and of course spam.

Milo Is Trying to Learn All He Can About a Network