Remember that scene in The Matrix when Trinity uses a realistic Nmap port scan, followed by an actual SSH exploit (long since patched) to break into a power company? Well, believe it or not, but that ...

If you need to scan your network, nmap is the tool to use. Nmap can be installed on any Linux distribution. Nmap has several very handy commands. The nmap command (short for network mapper) is a ...

Last month we began exploring the dangerous and fun world of scanning, focusing on the powerful port scanner Nmap. Nmap helps system administrators and security auditors (and yes, prospective crackers ...