A penetration tester ran a simple Python-based scanner. The following is a snippet of the code:
Which of the following BEST describes why this script triggered a `probable port scan` alert in the organization's IDS?

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A penetration tester ran a simple Python-based scanner. The following is a snippet of the code:

Which of the following BEST describes why this script triggered a `probable port scan` alert in the organization's IDS?

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*range(1, 1025) on line 1 populated the portList list in numerical order.

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sock.settimeout(20) on line 7 caused each next socket to be created every 20 milliseconds.

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Line 6 uses socket.SOCK_STREAM instead of socket.SOCK_DGRAM

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The remoteSvr variable has neither been type-hinted nor initialized.

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