Mastering the Nmap Scripting Engine

Appendix C. Script Categories

The collection of NSE scripts is divided into the following categories:

• auth: These are scripts related to user authentication.
• broadcast: This is a very interesting category of scripts that uses broadcast petitions to gather information.
• brute: This category of scripts helps conduct brute-force password auditing.
• default: These are the scripts that are executed when a script scan is executed (-sC).
• discovery: These are scripts related to host and service discovery.
• dos: These scripts are related to denial-of-service attacks.
• exploit: These are scripts that exploit security vulnerabilities.
• external: This category is for scripts depending on a third-party service.
• fuzzer: These are NSE scripts focused on fuzzing.
• intrusive ...