Finding Nmap scripts
Many Nmap scripts come with Nmap, and are already prepackaged on your system. Still, though, it can be difficult to determine which scripts you'd like to run for each particular scan—or assessment—that you may be on. Fortunately, the NSE documentation portal is one of the most in-depth and well-documented aspects of the entire Nmap project.
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By going to http://nmap.org/nsedoc/, you can see all of the scripts that are part of the official Nmap script repository.
The preceding screenshot shows the Nmap Scripting Engine Documentation (NSEDoc) reference portal web page, as well as all the official Nmap scripts at the time of writing ...
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