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What is the first step of pen testing?
Social engineering
OS Finger printing
Reconnaissance
Port Scanning
Reconnaissance is the first pen testing exercise, it could be passive or active. Passive reconnaissance where there is no direct interaction with target of evaluation like Whois inquiry, whereas active reconnaissance has direct interaction such social engineering
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