January 2019
Intermediate to advanced
548 pages
12h 7m
English
The most common approach to active reconnaissance is to conduct a scan against the target, send defined packets to the target, and then use the returned packets to gain information. The most popular tool of this type is Network Mapper (nmap).
To use nmap effectively, it must be run with root-level privileges. This is typical of applications that manipulate packets, which is why Kali defaults to root at the time of startup.
When attempting to minimize detection, some stealth techniques to avoid detection and subsequent alarms include the following:
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