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Nmap 6: Network Exploration and Security Auditing Cookbook
By: Paulino Calderon Pale;
Publisher: Packt Publishing
Pub. Date: November 23, 2012
Print ISBN-13: 978-1-84951-748-5
Pages in Print Edition: 320
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Overview
A complete guide to mastering Nmap 6 and its scripting engine, covering practical tasks for penetration testers and system administrators
Master the power of Nmap 6
Learn how the Nmap Scripting Engine works and develop your own scripts!
100% practical tasks, relevant and explained step-by-step with exact commands and optional arguments description
In Detail
Nmap is a well known security tool used by penetration testers and system administrators. The Nmap Scripting Engine (NSE) has added the possibility to perform additional tasks using the collected host information. Tasks like advanced fingerprinting and service discovery, information gathering, and detection of security vulnerabilities.
"Nmap 6: Network exploration and security auditing cookbook" will help you master Nmap and its scripting engine. You will learn how to use this tool to do a wide variety of practical tasks for pentesting and network monitoring. Finally, after harvesting the power of NSE, you will also learn how to write your own NSE scripts.
"Nmap 6: Network exploration and security auditing cookbook" is a book full of practical knowledge for every security consultant, administrator or enthusiast looking to master Nmap. The book overviews the most important port scanning and host discovery techniques supported by Nmap. You will learn how to detect mis-configurations in web, mail and database servers and also how to implement your own monitoring system.
The book also covers tasks for reporting, scanning numerous hosts, vulnerability detection and exploitation, and its strongest aspect; information gathering.
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