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Network Scanning with Nmap

Two days to knowing what is on your own network

A two-day classroom workshop on the Nmap reference guide: target specification, host discovery, port scanning basics, service and version detection, OS detection and output. Every scan is run on the classroom's lab network, and the workshop begins with why you scan only what you have permission to scan. This workshop prepares for no exam.

6Modules
IntermediateLevel
2 daysDuration
COURSE THUMBNAIL

What you will be able to do

Find the live hosts on a lab network
Identify open ports and the services behind them
Save and explain a scan report

Course outline

01
Permission and scope; target specification
02
Host discovery
03
Port scanning basics and port specification
04
Service and version detection
05
OS detection
06
Output formats and reading a scan report

Tools you will use

NmapLinux

What you need

Basic networking: IP addresses, ports and protocols

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