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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 5
Advanced NSE Usage
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Section 3
Analyzing NSE Execution
We will learn about Nmap's scanning phases and the how and when different scripts get executed. - First, we run Nmap and analyze all of its scanning phase - Then, we examine the different NSE script categories - Finally, we inspect the rules under which NSE scripts run