Book Image

NMAP Essentials

By : David Shaw
Book Image

NMAP Essentials

By: David Shaw

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Nmap Essentials
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Chapter 9. Vulnerability Assessments and Tools

After learning all the additional tools that come packaged with the Nmap suite, it is a good idea for us to take a look at some third-party tools that can assist in conducting a vulnerability assessment. Vulnerability assessments, more than just a simple port scan, are comprehensive reports that detail the full range of vulnerabilities that may exist on a given target scope.

Some of the tools we'll learn about in this chapter interact very well with Nmap, while others are simply follow-up tools to use after the initial Nmap scan.

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

  • Conducting a vulnerability scan with Nessus

  • Assessing web server issues with Nikto

  • Identifying sensitive web directories with DirBuster

  • Getting started with intercepting proxies