Digital Forensic Certification Practice Exam

CurrPorts provides which of the following details about a created port?

1. Network speed

2. Encryption used

3. Process creation time

4. File size

The correct answer is: Process creation time

CurrPorts is a network monitoring tool used to display the list of all currently opened TCP/IP and UDP ports on a computer. Among the details it provides, the process creation time is relevant because it allows users to understand when the associated processes opened the network connections. This information is critical in digital forensics, as it can help in identifying malicious or unauthorized activity by correlating processes with their network activities and timelines. The other options, while they pertain to certain aspects of network performance and security, do not directly relate to what CurrPorts tracks. Network speed, for instance, falls outside of the software’s primary function, which focuses on the status of ports and their associated processes rather than performance metrics. Encryption used pertains to data security protocols that may be in place but is not typically addressed by CurrPorts in its output. File size is not relevant to the list of active ports, as the tool does not provide information concerning the size of files related to the processes that have created the ports.