Chapter 1

Introducing Network Scanning

Introduction

About ten years ago I was working as a Network Administrator managing a medium size network. One of my first tasks in this position was to create a network asset database for all network devices. We already had a high-priced, although functionally deficient, network management tool that just wasn’t making the cut. Using the output from the management tool as a starting point I began painstakingly connecting ...

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