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.

What you will learn from this book

Master the basic scanning techniques for port scanning and host discovery.

Implement your own host monitoring system with Nmap

Perform security checks to web applications, mail servers and databases

Learn to gather interesting host information not included in a typical scan

Tune scans to optimize performance

Create reports from the scan results

Run distributed scans through several clients

Write your own NSE scripts

Approach

The book is a collection of easy to follow, practical recipes with explanations of the code, and links to further information.

Who this book is written for

This book is for any security consultant, administrator or enthusiast

looking to learn how to use and master Nmap and the Nmap Scripting

Engine.