A Comprehensive Guide to Nmap

Secrets of Network Cartography: A Comprehensive Guide to Nmap free PDF Book by James Messer. Learn more about Nmap by reading this book. Nmap is a network scanner created by Gordon Lyon. Nmap is used to discover hosts and services on a computer network by sending packets and analyzing the responses. Nmap provides a number of features for probing computer networks, including host discovery and service and operating system detection.

The author of this book is the founder of NetworkUptime.com, an online resource for network professionals. His nineteen years of experience in the computer and networking industry have taken him from liquid nitrogen-cooled supercomputers to enterprise network analysis and security solutions.

Book Description

Ever wonder which Nmap scan was the right one to use? Thirteen different Nmap scans are profiled, with advantages, disadvantages, and usage guidelines for each one. Each scan method includes graphical scan descriptions and packet-by-packet analysis! – Nmap’s operating system fingerprinting can provide amazing detail about a remote device using only fourteen IP frames that never open an application session or log in.

How is that possible? This book will show you! – Over fifty additional Nmap options are documented, including ways to customize host specifications, port numbers, logging methods, packet tracing, data tuning, packet timing, Windows-only options, and many more!

Six “”real world”” Nmap scenarios are presented from the perspective of the enterprise security manager, including spyware remnant identification, asset management, compliance testing, firewall auditing, and more!

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• Title Secrets of Network Cartography: A Comprehensive Guide to Nmap
• Author(s) James Messer
• Publisher: NetworkUptime.com (January 2008)
• License(s): CC BY-NC-ND 2.5
• eBook PDF
• Language: English
• ASIN: B002ACY22I