What does the -9 option cause Hping to do in relation to HTTP signatures?

• A. Intercept all traffic containing HTTP signature
• B. Listen on port 0
• C. Ping a host
• D. ARP scan

Answer: (A)

The option activates a mode in Hping that focuses on HTTP traffic by looking for HTTP signatures. When this mode is enabled, Hping inspects the traffic it handles and intercepts or flags any packets whose payload matches known HTTP signatures. This lets you isolate and study traffic that contains those recognizable HTTP patterns, rather than dealing with all traffic indiscriminately. This is specific to HTTP content and won’t resemble a simple ping, port listen, or ARP scan, which are unrelated to recognizing HTTP signature patterns.