Getting ready

In order to complete this activity, you will have to satisfy the following prerequisites on your machine:

  1. You must have Nmap installed.
  2. You must have network access to the hosts on which the scans are to be performed.

In order to install Nmap, you can follow the instructions provided in Chapter 2, Understanding Network Scanning Tools. This will allow you to download a compatible version of Nmap and install all the required plugins. In order to check whether your machine has Nmap installed, open Command Prompt and type Nmap. If Nmap is installed, you will see a screen similar to the following:

If you do not see the preceding ...

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