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Nmap Essentials

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Preface

What this book covers What you need for this book Who this book is for Conventions Reader feedback Customer support

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1. Introduction to Nmap

Nmap's humble beginnings The many uses of Nmap Installing Nmap Building Nmap from source Summary

2. Network Fundamentals

The structure of the Internet The OSI model Port scanning TCP and UDP Service banners Summary

3. Nmap Basics

How to choose a target Running a default scan Service version scans Logging scans Specified scan ranges Understanding the reason flag Summary

4. Advanced Nmap Scans

Host detection methods Running a ping agnostic scan Scanning UDP services Special TCP scans Operating system detection Increasing verbosity in scans Packet tracing Summary

5. Performance Optimization

Nmap timing optimization Customized host group sizes Increasing and decreasing parallelism Dealing with stuck hosts Delaying and increasing probe rates Summary

6. Introduction to the Nmap Scripting Engine

The history of the NSE The inner working of the NSE Finding Nmap scripts Running Nmap scripts Summary

7. Writing Nmap Scripts

Anatomy of an Nmap script Defining an Nmap script – script headers Triggering functions – the rule Defining a script's action Summary

8. Additional Nmap Tools

Attacking services with Ncrack Host detection with Nping File transfers and backdoors with Ncat Comparing Nmap results with Ndiff Summary

9. Vulnerability Assessments and Tools

Conducting vulnerability scans with Nessus Assessing web server issues with Nikto Identifying sensitive web directories with DirBuster Getting started with intercepting proxies Summary

10. Penetration Testing with Metasploit

Installing Metasploit Scanning with Metasploit Attacking services with Metasploit What to learn next Summary

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