Nmap Usage Basics

Nmap or Network Mapper is a popular utility for network exploration or security auditing. Nmap offers useful insights about a network such as which hosts are connected, their operating system (OS) detection, version detection of the services running on those hosts etc. Nmap is well maintained, well documented and open source, thus allowing for potential customization exercises to suit your needs. In the first part of the Video below we will look at the most basic usage of Nmap.

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1.Download Nmap

2.Nmap Installation Guide

3.Nmap Documentation and Usage

Vivek Ramachandran is a security evangelist and has been working in computer security related fields for the past 7 years. In 2007, Vivek spoke at world renowned conferences Defcon (WEP Cloaking Exposed) and Toorcon (The Caffe Latte Attack). The discovery of the Caffe Latte Attack was covered by CBS5 news, BBC online, Network World etc news agencies.In 2006, Vivek was announced as one of winners of the Microsoft Security Shootout contest held in India among 65,000 participants. He has also been a recipient of a Team Achievement at Cisco Systems for his work on 802.1x and Port Security modules on the Catalyst 6500 switches. Currently he spends all of his time maintaining Security- Freak.Net , SecurityTube.Net and is the founder of an online startup (currently in stealth mode). Vivek, is a Bachelor in Electronics and Communications Engineering from the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati.You can contact him at vivek[at]securitytube.net