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Network Scanning Cookbook
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Network Scanning Cookbook

by Sairam Jetty
September 2018
Intermediate to advanced
304 pages
6h 35m
English
Packt Publishing
Content preview from Network Scanning Cookbook

Various features of Nmap

There are various phases involved in performing a network scan using Nmap. These steps can be defined by various options provided by the Nmap utility. A user can pick any of these options, as per their requirements, to obtain specific network scan results. The following are the options provided by the Nmap utility:

  • Host discovery
  • Scan techniques
  • Port specification and scan order
  • Service or version detection
  • Script scan
  • OS detection
  • Timing and performance
  • Evasion and spoofing
  • Output
  • Target specification
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ISBN: 9781789346480