Reviewing Kali Linux – the distro for security geeks
Kali linux is a security oriented linux distribution aimed at digital forensics and penetration testing users. It is the successor of backtrack linux.
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How to Ping Sweep / Scan the Network with Nmap
Ping Sweep Ping sweep is the process of pinging an entire range of network ip addresses to find out which ones are online or alive. Nmap is an excellent tool to do this quickly and effectively. Here is the command $ nmap -n -vv -sn 192.168.1.1-255 -oG – | grep -i 'up' Host: 192.168.1.1 ()… Read More »
Information gathering with Nmap scripts
The nmap scripting engine allows users to write scripts in Lua to automate the process of scanning. This tutorial shows how to use the existing scripts that come with nmap for information gathering.
How to Scan Network with Nmap – Command Examples
NMAP – Network Mapper Nmap is the most popular (and most featureful) port scanning tool out there. And although it appears like a small port scanning utility, it has a lot of hidden potential to serve as a powerful hacking tool. This is precisely what we shall try to work out in this article. In… Read More »
Nmap Tutorial – How to Port Scan Remote Hosts
Nmap Nmap (Network Mapper) is the most popular port scanner and network discovery tool used. It can be used to scan a network for live hosts and scan hosts for open ports. Besides port scanning there are many more things that Nmap can do like OS identification, running user scripts etc. It is widely used… Read More »
Top Port Scanners on Ubuntu Linux
Here is a list of port scanners that work on Ubuntu/Linux. 1. Angry IP Scanner Download and Install from http://www.angryip.org/ Fast and easy to use network scanner and port scanner. To scan ports got to Tools > Preferences > Ports > Port Selection Enter the ports you want to scan Start the scan. 4. Nmap… Read More »