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Nmap: Network Exploration and Security Auditing Cookbook - Second Edition
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Nmap: Network Exploration and Security Auditing Cookbook - Second Edition

by Paulino Calderon
May 2017
Intermediate to advanced
416 pages
21h 33m
English
Packt Publishing
Content preview from Nmap: Network Exploration and Security Auditing Cookbook - Second Edition

How it works...

In the grepable mode, each host is placed on the same line with the format <field name>: <value>, and each field is separated by tabs (\t). The number of fields depends on what Nmap options were used for the scan.

There are eight possible output fields:

  • Host: This field is always included, and it consists of the IP address and reverse DNS name if available
  • Status: This field has three possible values--up, down, or unknown
  • Ports: In this field, port entries are separated by a comma and a space character, and each entry is divided into seven fields by forward slash characters (/)
  • Protocols: This field is shown when an IP protocol (-sO) scan is used
  • Ignored: This field shows the number of port states that were ignored
  • OS: This ...
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ISBN: 9781786467454