The many uses of Nmap
Although port scanning is obviously very important for security professionals—after all, without understanding what network ports are open, it would be impossible to assess the security of a system—Nmap is also very valuable for other types of information technology professionals.
System administrators use Nmap to determine which of their systems are online, so they can understand if there are problems or inconsistencies on their network. Similarly, using OS detection and service detection, these administrators are able to easily verify that all systems are running the same (hopefully current) versions of operating systems and network-enabled software.
Because of its ability to change timing, as well as set specific flags on ...
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