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Mastering Nmap [Video]

By : Fotios Chantzis
Book Image

Mastering Nmap [Video]

By: Fotios Chantzis

Overview of this book

You will learn how to use this tool to implement a wide variety of practical tasks related to pentesting and network monitoring. The tutorial will start with installation techniques and then explain Nmap fundamentals. Moving on, we will cover the advanced functionalities of Nmap Scripting Engine (NSE) such as libraries, scripts, APIs, and so on. You will be able to perform custom tasks, the fundamentals of Lua programming, scanning mail servers, scanning databases, windows machines, SCADA systems, and large networks.
Table of Contents (7 chapters)
Chapter 3
Scanning and Auditing Web Servers
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Section 2
Interesting Points of Entry
The aim of this video is to learn how to find interesting points of entry for web servers. - First, we enumerate files and directories using Nmap's NSE scripts. - Then, we find hidden or forgotten backup files. - Finally, we learn how to detect Web Application Firewalls that might hinder our attempts to find points of entry.