An organization uses advanced filtering to obscure an internal system handshake. Which action is best for locating the actual network endpoint behind this public presence?
Searching local job boards for employee postings
Checking older DNS caches for references to a private range
Asking the organization's procurement department
Examining certificate logs to find direct references to a server
Examining certificate logs helps testers find host entries that are sometimes exposed when creating certificates. This approach can reveal a system IP that may be overlooked by other filtering tools. Searching local job boards does not commonly yield direct technical details, checking older DNS caches is not consistently reliable, and asking an internal department is not a practical method for a penetration test.
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