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You work as a Network Security Analyzer. You got a suspicious email while working on a forensic project. Now, you want to know the IP address of the sender so that you can analyze various information such as the actual location, domain information, operating system being used, contact information, etc. of the email sender with the help of various tools and resources. You also want to check whether this email is fake or real. You know that analysis of email headers is a good starting point in such cases. The email header of the suspicious email is given below:

What is the IP address of the sender of this email?

A.
209.191.91.180
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A.
209.191.91.180
B.
141.1.1.1
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B.
141.1.1.1
C.
172.16.10.90
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C.
172.16.10.90
D.
216.168.54.25
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D.
216.168.54.25
Suggested answer: D

Explanation:

The IP address of the sender of this email is 216.168.54.25. According to the scenario, you want to know the IP address of the sender so that you can analyze various information such as the actual location, domain information, operating system being used, contact information, etc. of the email sender with the help of various tools and resources. You also want to check whether this email is fake or real. You know that analysis of email headers is a good starting point in such cases. Once you start to analyze the email header, you get an entry entitled as X-Originating-IP. You know that in Yahoo, the X-Originating-IP is the IP address of the email sender and in this case, the required IP address is 216.168.54.25. Answer options A, C, and B are incorrect. All these are the IP addresses of the Yahoo and Wetpaint servers.

asked 18/09/2024
Alex Tzibosnik
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