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Practical Network Scanning

By : Ajay Singh Chauhan
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Practical Network Scanning

By: Ajay Singh Chauhan

Overview of this book

Network scanning is the process of assessing a network to identify an active host network; same methods can be used by an attacker or network administrator for security assessment. This procedure plays a vital role in risk assessment programs or while preparing a security plan for your organization. Practical Network Scanning starts with the concept of network scanning and how organizations can benefit from it. Then, going forward, we delve into the different scanning steps, such as service detection, firewall detection, TCP/IP port detection, and OS detection. We also implement these concepts using a few of the most prominent tools on the market, such as Nessus and Nmap. In the concluding chapters, we prepare a complete vulnerability assessment plan for your organization. By the end of this book, you will have hands-on experience in performing network scanning using different tools and in choosing the best tools for your system.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
Title Page
Packt Upsell
Contributors
Preface
Index

Network management and security design


For managing network and networking assets, there must always be a centralized secure management utility subnet for services such as DNS, DHCP, NTP, AAA, and network management. By defining boundaries, it becomes much easier to troubleshoot problems with the services when they are in known locations with a few well-known access paths and methods.

Network segmentation

Most of us focus on front door security and threats coming from the outside world by putting some sort of firewall on the perimeter. In reality, relying upon perimeter security alone does not protect your network and information data. Doing this is like putting money into a bank which depends on one armed guard.

The concept of segmentation is based on ancient history, when Roman empires formed and fought units based on the ethnic and geographic identity of captured warriors. The idea was very simple: groups of warriors were formed on the basis of their similar backgrounds so that they could...