Nmap Network Scanning: Official Nmap Project Guide to Network Discovery and Security Scanning

Lyon, Gordon Fyodor

ISBN 10: 0979958717 / ISBN 13: 9780979958717

Published by Insecure.Com, Sunnyvale, CA, 2008

About this Item

Small quarto in dqrk purple illus glossy wraps; xxix, 434 pages: illustrations; 25 cm, index. Signed and inscribed by author. Scarce thus. Contents: Getting started with Nmap -- Obtaining, collecting, installing, and removing Nmap -- Host discovery (ping scanning) -- Port scanning overview -- Port scanning techniques and algorithms -- Optimizing Nmap performance -- Service and application version deduction -- Remote OS detection -- Nmap scripting engine -- Detecting and subverting firewalls and intrusion detection systems -- Defenses against Nmap -- Zenmap GUI users' guide -- Nmap output formats -- Understanding and customizing Nmap data files -- Nmap reference guide. "Nmap Network Scanning is the official guide to the Nmap Security Scanner, a free and open source utility used by millions of people for network discovery, administration, and security auditing. From explaining port scanning basics for novices to detailing low-level packet crafting methods used by advanced hackers, this book suits all levels of security and networking professionals. A 42-page reference guide documents every Nmap feature and option, while the rest of the book demonstrates how to apply those features to quickly solve real-world tasks. Examples and diagrams show actual communication on the wire. Topics include subverting firewalls and intrusion detection systems, optimizing Nmap performance, and automating common networking tasks with the Nmap Scripting Engine. Hints and instructions are provided for common uses such as taking network inventory, penetration testing, detecting rogue wireless access points, and quashing network worm outbreaks. Nmap runs on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. Nmap's original author, Gordon "Fyodor" Lyon, wrote this book to share everything he has learned about network scanning during more than 11 years of Nmap development." -Publisher. Computer networks -- Monitoring -- Computer programs. Computer networks -- Security measures -- Computer programs. Nmap Computer networks -- Security measures -- Computer programs. Minor edge wears to corners else about near fine.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Nmap Network Scanning: Official Nmap Project Guide to Network Discovery and Security Scanning
• Publisher: Insecure.Com, Sunnyvale, CA
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0979958717
• ISBN 13: 9780979958717
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: near fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

Nmap Network Scanning is the official guide to the Nmap Security Scanner, a free and open source utility used by millions of people for network discovery, administration, and security auditing. From explaining port scanning basics for novices to detailing low-level packet crafting methods used by advanced hackers, this book suits all levels of security and networking professionals. A 42-page reference guide documents every Nmap feature and option, while the rest of the book demonstrates how to apply those features to quickly solve real-world tasks. Examples and diagrams show actual communication on the wire.

Topics include subverting firewalls and intrusion detection systems, optimizing Nmap performance, and automating common networking tasks with the Nmap Scripting Engine. Hints and instructions are provided for common uses such as taking network inventory, penetration testing, detecting rogue wireless access points, and quashing network worm outbreaks. Nmap runs on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X.

Nmap's original author, Gordon "Fyodor" Lyon, wrote this book to share everything he has learned about network scanning during more than 11 years of Nmap development. Visit http://nmap.org/book for more information and sample chapters.

About the Author

Fyodor (known to his family as Gordon Lyon) authored the open source Nmap Security Scanner in 1997 and continues to coordinate its development. He also maintains the SecLists.Org, Insecure.Org, SecTools.Org, SecWiki.Org, and Nmap.Org security resource sites and has authored seminal papers on remote operating system detection and stealth port scanning. He is a founding member of the Honeynet project, former president of Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR), and technical advisory board member for Qualys and AlienVault. He is also authored or co-authored the books "Nmap Network Scanning", "Know Your Enemy: Honeynets" and "Stealing the Network: How to Own a Continent".