Michael works for Kimball Construction Company as senior security analyst. As part of yearly security audit, Michael scans his network for vulnerabilities. Using Nmap, Michael conducts XMAS scan and most of the ports scanned do not give a response. In what state are these ports?

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In an XMAS scan, if a port does not respond, it is typically considered open. This is because closed ports would send a RST packet in response, while open ports do not respond to the XMAS scan.

Michael Works for Kimball Construction Company as Senior Security Analyst