If you want to exploit vulnerabilities and root boxes, you'll need to learn how to perform the necessary reconnaissance first. In fact, you will spend far more time researching your target then ...

Enter nmap, by Fyodor. nmap can do simple connect ( ) scans if you like, but its real thing is “stealth scanning”. Stealth scanning involves the use of ersatz TCP packets designed to trigger a ...

Without Nmap, it would be difficult to figure out what the machine was running. Figure 1. Network Scan Another incredibly useful way to use Nmap is to scan a network. You don't even have to have root ...

Nmap has supported IPv6 since 2002, but the latest version beefed up support even more. Full Unicast CIDR-style IPv6 range scanning and idle scan have been added.

Remember that scene in The Matrix when Trinity uses a realistic Nmap port scan, followed by an actual SSH exploit (long since patched) to break into a power company? Well, believe it or not, but ...