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She started with reconnaissance— without scanning. She used the TTL trick from earlier, sending single crafted ICMP packets with low TTLs to map the firewall’s hop count. She found the border firewall at hop 2. The HR server at hop 5. No alerts.

Viktor’s grin widened. "That's what the course wanted you to think. The real lesson wasn't in the videos. It was in the final exam network. You were inside a honeypot the entire time—a meta-honeypot . And you still won. That's the difference between a scanner and a ghost." She started with reconnaissance— without scanning

She reset, opened Fragroute, and crafted a rule file: The HR server at hop 5

She landed on a jump box. Immediately, she ran her honeypot detection script: ICMP timing test. The response was 40ms—realistic. Directory creation test: folder persisted. Safe. "That's what the course wanted you to think

Maya poured a second cup of coffee, pulled her hood over her head out of habit, and clicked "Start."