February 2019
Beginner to intermediate
302 pages
7h 58m
English
In this section, we are going to discuss the concepts of UDP scanning and its benefits to a penetration tester. The first thing we need to understand is what happens in UDP scanning when an open or closed port is encountered. That answer is displayed in the following table:
|
Port status |
Result |
|
Open |
No response |
|
Closed |
ICMP Port Unreachable message returned |
Performing a UDP-based scan in Nmap is easy. To do so, we select the UDP scan option from the Nmap window, as shown in the following screenshot:

These types of scans are worth attempting however as the network admins have been known to ...
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