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Tag: Port Scanning

  • Nmap

    Nmap, short for Network Mapper, is a powerful open-source tool used for network discovery and security auditing. Developed by Gordon Lyon (also known as “Fyodor”), it has become an essential utility for network administrators, penetration testers, and cybersecurity professionals. Nmap’s capability to scan networks, identify active devices, and enumerate open ports makes it a cornerstone…

  • Pen-testing : Info-gathering, Payload Delivery, Port-scanning

    The process of penetration testing of a system is called pen-testing, port-scanning is a process that scans the ports of the system, and Info-gathering is the process of gathering information about the system.  Servers have ports that run services and these services need to communicate with other ports to achieve computation/storage/data transfer/communication-based tasks. All the servers are assigned with port numbers, major ports are…