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Day-7: Nmap -- Hacker's Favourite Scanning Tool!

Day-7: I started my day watching Dude perfect's documentary and ended it learning Nmap and about its scan types! Also, In between, I bought pentesterlab pro access (3mths - Student access).

Note: I won't be writing more in deep, but my notes! And will be providing all the links/resources (Don't forget to check-out the resource section) from where I learned so that you can refer to that resource and learn more! Thanks!❤️

What is Nmap?

  • Nmap stands for Network Mapped (Nmap) and is a network scanning and host detection tool that is very useful during several steps of penetration testing.
  • Nmap is open source and can be used to:
    • Detect the live host on the network (host discovery)
    • Detect the open ports on the host (port discovery or enumeration)
    • Detect the software and the version to the respective port (service discovery)
    • Detect the operating system, hardware address, and the software version
    • Detect the vulnerability and security holes (Nmap scripts)

Nmap Syntax:

nmap [scan type] [options] [target specification]
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Nmap Scan types:

  • TCP SCAN
  • UDP SCAN
  • SYN SCAN
  • ACK SCAN
  • FIN SCAN
  • NULL SCAN
  • XMAS SCAN
  • RPC SCAN
  • IDLE SCAN

Using Nmap help:

  • The best way to get used to nmap and its flags is using nmap -h, run this command in the terminal and will give you the following results: Alt Text and one more screenshot, but it is creating a mess so wont post it! Try yourself and explore the world of nmap! Happy Scanning!

Port states recognized by Nmap?

  • Six port states recognized by Nmap are:
    • Open
    • Closed
    • Filtered
    • Unfiltered
    • Openfiltered
    • Closedfiltered

Resources:

Medium Blogs: https://medium.com/bugbountywriteup/intro-to-nmap-192c1796bb39
Nmap Installation: https://nmap.org/download.html
HackerSploit Nmap Tutorial: YouTube
Port Scanning basics: https://nmap.org/book/man-port-scanning-basics.html
Scan Types: Edureka

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FENIL SHAH

Hey Zoe,
Thank you for the feedback!❤️