Overview
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Learn how to use Nmap for port scanning of systems and network devices. Discover how to install Nmap, configure scans, and interpret the output.
Syllabus
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Introduction
- Scanning network ports with Nmap
- What you need to know before taking this course
- TCP/IP networking
- IP addressing
- Network ports
- ICMP
- Network scanning
- Scanning and the law
- Installing Nmap on Windows
- Installing Nmap on macOS
- Installing Nmap on Debian and Ubuntu Linux
- Installing Nmap on Red Hat and Fedora Linux
- Building Nmap from source
- Testing your Nmap installation
- Running and interpreting a simple Nmap scan
- Scanning multiple systems
- Using Nmap with IPv6 addresses
- Host discovery with Nmap
- DNS options in Nmap
- TCP scanning with Nmap
- UDP scanning with Nmap
- Selecting ports to scan
- Scan timing
- Operating system detection
- Service version detection
- Scanning shortcut
- Formatting Nmap scan results
- Reviewing verbose Nmap output
- Challenge: Probing servers
- Solution: scan1.certmike.com
- Solution: scan2.certmike.com
- Solution: scan3.certmike.com
- Solution: scan4.certmike.com
- Continuing your Nmap education
