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CompTIA Security+ · CompTIA
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To verify the finding, the analyst ran an Nmap script (telnet-encryption), which explicitly revealed that the Telnet server supports encryption. Because encryption is implemented, the traffic is protected, rendering the scanner's specific finding inaccurate or a false positive
the telnet server supports encryption, but it's not clear if encryption is enabled. in either case, this won't be false positive
telnet is open and that makes it vulnerable to attacks, having encryption as an option is just compensating but the vulnerability is still there. So D is the correct answer.