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NMAP Essentials

By : David Shaw
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NMAP Essentials

By: David Shaw

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NMAP Essentials
David Shaw
May, 2015 | 118 pages
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Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Nmap Essentials
Nmap Essentials
Credits
Credits
About the Author
About the Author
About the Reviewers
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Preface
Free Chapter
1
Introduction to Nmap
Introduction to Nmap
Nmap's humble beginnings
The many uses of Nmap
Installing Nmap
Building Nmap from source
Summary
2
Network Fundamentals
Network Fundamentals
The structure of the Internet
The OSI model
Port scanning
TCP and UDP
Service banners
Summary
3
Nmap Basics
Nmap Basics
How to choose a target
Running a default scan
Service version scans
Logging scans
Specified scan ranges
Understanding the reason flag
Summary
4
Advanced Nmap Scans
Advanced Nmap Scans
Host detection methods
Running a ping agnostic scan
Scanning UDP services
Special TCP scans
Operating system detection
Increasing verbosity in scans
Packet tracing
Summary
5
Performance Optimization
Performance Optimization
Nmap timing optimization
Customized host group sizes
Increasing and decreasing parallelism
Dealing with stuck hosts
Delaying and increasing probe rates
Summary
6
Introduction to the Nmap Scripting Engine
Introduction to the Nmap Scripting Engine
The history of the NSE
The inner working of the NSE
Finding Nmap scripts
Running Nmap scripts
Summary
7
Writing Nmap Scripts
Writing Nmap Scripts
Anatomy of an Nmap script
Defining an Nmap script – script headers
Triggering functions – the rule
Defining a script's action
Summary
8
Additional Nmap Tools
Additional Nmap Tools
Attacking services with Ncrack
Host detection with Nping
File transfers and backdoors with Ncat
Comparing Nmap results with Ndiff
Summary
9
Vulnerability Assessments and Tools
Vulnerability Assessments and Tools
Conducting vulnerability scans with Nessus
Assessing web server issues with Nikto
Identifying sensitive web directories with DirBuster
Getting started with intercepting proxies
Summary
10
Penetration Testing with Metasploit
Penetration Testing with Metasploit
Installing Metasploit
Scanning with Metasploit
Attacking services with Metasploit
What to learn next
Summary
Index
Index

Credits

Author

David Shaw

Reviewers

Rajdeep Bhattacharya

Nikhil Kumar

Aravinda Babu T

Ravi Chandra Vinjanampati

Commissioning Editor

Amarabha Banerjee

Acquisition Editor

Shaon Basu

Content Development Editor

Siddhesh Salvi

Technical Editor

Madhunikita Sunil Chindarkar

Copy Editor

Trishya Hajare

Project Coordinator

Nidhi Joshi

Proofreaders

Stephen Copestake

Safis Editing

Indexer

Hemangini Bari

Production Coordinator

Nitesh Thakur

Cover Work

Nitesh Thakur

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