NMAP Security Scanner on Linux Rumi, August 21, 2015February 11, 2017 First of all, you should get the “nmap” package installed in your system. On CentOS yum install nmap On Debian apt-get install nmap On Ubuntu sudo apt-get install nmap NMAP Commands: sudo nmap -sS [IP address] or [website address] sudo nmap -O --osscan-guess [IP address] or [website address] sudo nmap -vv [IP address] or [website address] sudo nmap -sV [IP address] or [website address] nmap -sn 192.168.1.0/24 or nmap -sP 192.168.1.0/24 Zenmap – A GUI for Nmap All the above is good and you can dive deeper trying out various options and see what you can learn about a target, but for those that want a more user-friendly approach they should install the “zenmap” package that is a GUI tool for Nmap. Besides the fact that Zenmap offers convenient boxes to insert your target’s IP (or website address) and outputs results in a more eye-pleasing way and with proper highlighting, its main advantage is the fact that it offers pre-set Nmap commands that you can quickly select and run. Moreover, the software offers a test comparison tool, a topology plotter, and the ability to save scans for administrator review and evaluation. Scanning Network nmap -sP 192.168.2.1/24 Related Configurations (Linux) nmap
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