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Nmap: Network Exploration and Security Auditing Cookbook - Second Edition

By : Paulino Calderon
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Nmap: Network Exploration and Security Auditing Cookbook - Second Edition

By: Paulino Calderon

Overview of this book

This is the second edition of ‘Nmap 6: Network Exploration and Security Auditing Cookbook’. A book aimed for anyone who wants to master Nmap and its scripting engine through practical tasks for system administrators and penetration testers. Besides introducing the most powerful features of Nmap and related tools, common security auditing tasks for local and remote networks, web applications, databases, mail servers, Microsoft Windows machines and even ICS SCADA systems are explained step by step with exact commands and argument explanations. The book starts with the basic usage of Nmap and related tools like Ncat, Ncrack, Ndiff and Zenmap. The Nmap Scripting Engine is thoroughly covered through security checks used commonly in real-life scenarios applied for different types of systems. New chapters for Microsoft Windows and ICS SCADA systems were added and every recipe was revised. This edition reflects the latest updates and hottest additions to the Nmap project to date. The book will also introduce you to Lua programming and NSE script development allowing you to extend further the power of Nmap.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
13
Brute Force Password Auditing Options
17
References and Additional Reading

Discovering interesting files and folders in web servers

One of the common tasks during penetration tests that cannot be done manually is file and directory discovery hosted in web servers. There are several tools made for this task, but Nmap shines with its robust database that covers interesting files, such as: README's, database dumps, and forgotten configuration backups; common directories, such as administration panels or unprotected file uploaders; and even attack payloads to exploit directory traversals in common, vulnerable web applications. The NSE script http-enum also supports advanced pattern matching and can identify specific versions of web applications.

This recipe will show you how to use Nmap for web scanning to discover interesting files, directories, and even vulnerable web applications.

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