Nmap is one of the best port scanners in the world, but did you know that Nmap can tell you the exact application name and version number hiding behind each port? More importantly, Nmap can tell you about the applications that you DON’T want to see!
A primary goal of network security professionals is to protect the network while maintaining maximum availability and performance of the network applications. These Nmap options will provide additional opportunities to optimize your security scans while keeping the network at peak efficiency.
Although running Nmap with the default settings is very easy, it leaves an amazing amount of Nmap functionality unused. Nmap includes FIFTEEN different Nmap scan methods, and most people only use the default! There’s a lot of power just waiting to be tapped.
Optimizing Your Nmap Scan: Nmap Scanning Methods Read More »
If you’ve ever run Nmap alone on the command line with simply a target IP address, then you’re probably using an inefficient method of performing your Nmap scans. Nmap includes many different command line options so you can tailor each scan to the results that you need.
Optimizing your Nmap Scan: The Nmap Ping Process Read More »
Nmap is an incredibly useful tool, but it’s even more useful if you understand the results of an Nmap scan. After a scan is complete, Nmap will categorize each scanned port into one of six states; open, closed, filtered, open|filtered, closed|filtered, and unfiltered.
