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Nmap Network Exploration and Security Auditing Cookbook

This book explores how Nmap is one of the most robust tools for network discovery and security auditing. You’ll focus on how you can use it to perform hundreds of different tasks, from OS detection and port scanning to advanced fingerprinting and vulnerability exploitation.

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Difficulty Level

Intermediate

Completion Time

14h32m

Language

English

About Book

Who Is This Book For?

This Nmap cookbook is for IT personnel, security engineers, system administrators, application security enthusiasts, or anyone who wants to master Nmap and its scripting engine. This book is also recommended for anyone looking to learn about network security auditing, especially if they’re interested in understanding common protocols and applications in modern systems. Advanced and seasoned Nmap users will also benefit by learning about new features, workflows, and tools. Basic knowledge of networking, Linux, and security concepts is required before taking up this book.

Book content

chapters 14h32m total length

Nmap Fundamentals

Getting Familiar with Nmap's Family

Network Exploration

Reconnaissance Tasks

Scanning Web Servers

Scanning Databases

Scanning Mail Servers

Scanning Windows Systems

Scanning ICS SCADA Systems

Scanning Mainframes

Optimizing Scans

Generating Scan Reports

Writing Your Own NSE Scripts

Exploiting Vulnerabilities with the Nmap Scripting Engine

Appendix A - HTTP, HTTP Pipelining, and Web Crawling Configuration Options

Appendix B - Brute Force Password Auditing Options

Appendix C - NSE Debugging

Appendix D - Additional Output Options

Appendix E - Introduction to Lua

Appendix F - References and Additional Reading

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