To most, the term "internet port scanning" might sound like the kind of nonsensical technobabble you would hear on an episode of "NCIS." However, port scanning is a very real and widely used method, ...

One notable aspect of network scanners is their protocol dependence. Most scanners out there are TCP/IP-savvy. While it's true that TCP/IP is routed over the Internet, if you have a VPN or other ...

You may have heard horror stories about how easy it is for evil system crackers to probe potential victims' systems for vulnerabilities using software tools readily available on the Internet. The bad ...

A number of weeks ago, I provided and described a script that uses nmap to quickly scan a system or subnet for activity on a particular port. Useful for detecting, say, web servers or Oracle ...

So far, in my previous articles on Nmap, we've looked at how the scanner can be used to map and audit a network, as well as track down noncompliant devices and services. But hackers can also use Nmap ...