Nmap Switches
Running Nmap in a terminal and learn how to use the built-in switches.
switch
-ss
syn scan
-sU
UDP scan
-O
detect operating system
-sV
detect version of services running on target
-v
increase verbosity
-vv
increase verbosity even more
-oA
saves output to 3 major formats
-oN
saves output to a normal format
-oG
saves output in a grepable format
-A
aggresively activates service detection, os detection, traceroute, and common script scanning
-T5
sets timing template to level 5 (increases scan speed)
-p 80
only scans port 80
-p 1000-1500
only scans port range 1000-1500
-p-
scans all ports
--script
activates a script from the nmap library
--script=vuln
activates all scripts from the "vuln" category
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