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NMap Network Security Scanner

By · June 13, 2006, 12:56 AM PST · billdetwiler

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  • NMap Security Scanner

    NMap is an application that is designed to probe systems at the network layer to determine what services they‘re exposing to the networks to which they‘re connected, and if possible to tell the user anything that is known about vulnerabilities of those services or about the system itself. This gallery shows you NMap in action.

    You can read more about NMap in this The Right Tool for the Job? blog post.

    Submitted by David HM Specter

  • Basic Scan

    Screenshot showing the default basic scan mode for NMap

    Submitted by David HM Specter

  • Discovery Printer

    Screenshot showing the discovery mode when run agains an HP printer on a network

    Submitted by David HM Specter

  • Host Sweep

    Screenshot showing a host sweet to catalog devices on a given subnet

    Submitted by David HM Specter

  • IP Verbose Scan

    Screenshot showing a very verbose IP subnet scan detailing the specifics about various host O/Ses

    Submitted by David HM Specter

  • Ping Sweep

    Screenshot showing a simple ping sweep of a network

    Submitted by David HM Specter

  • Port Discovery

    Screeshot showing the a scan looking for open ports on a specific host

    Submitted by David HM Specter

  • Scan Options

    Screenshot showing the various NMap scan options

    Submitted by David HM Specter

  • Verbose Connect Scan

    Screenshot showing a verbose connection scan of a host which shows details protocols the host supports

    Submitted by David HM Specter

NMap Security Scanner

NMap is an application that is designed to probe systems at the network layer to determine what services they‘re exposing to the networks to which they‘re connected, and if possible to tell the user anything that is known about vulnerabilities of those services or about the system itself. This gallery shows you NMap in action.

You can read more about NMap in this The Right Tool for the Job? blog post.

Submitted by David HM Specter

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