What do you get with eBook?

Instant access to your Digital eBook purchase

Download this book in EPUB and PDF formats

Access this title in our online reader with advanced features

DRM FREE - Read whenever, wherever and however you want

Key benefits

Master the power of Nmap 6

Learn how the Nmap Scripting Engine works and develop your own scripts!

100% practical tasks, relevant and explained step-by-step with exact commands and optional arguments description

Description

Nmap is a well known security tool used by penetration testers and system administrators. The Nmap Scripting Engine (NSE) has added the possibility to perform additional tasks using the collected host information. Tasks like advanced fingerprinting and service discovery, information gathering, and detection of security vulnerabilities."Nmap 6: Network exploration and security auditing cookbook" will help you master Nmap and its scripting engine. You will learn how to use this tool to do a wide variety of practical tasks for pentesting and network monitoring. Finally, after harvesting the power of NSE, you will also learn how to write your own NSE scripts."Nmap 6: Network exploration and security auditing cookbook" is a book full of practical knowledge for every security consultant, administrator or enthusiast looking to master Nmap. The book overviews the most important port scanning and host discovery techniques supported by Nmap. You will learn how to detect mis-configurations in web, mail and database servers and also how to implement your own monitoring system. The book also covers tasks for reporting, scanning numerous hosts, vulnerability detection and exploitation, and its strongest aspect; information gathering.

What you will learn

Master the basic scanning techniques for port scanning and host discovery.

Implement your own host monitoring system with Nmap

Perform security checks to web applications, mail servers and databases

Learn to gather interesting host information not included in a typical scan

Tune scans to optimize performance

Create reports from the scan results

Run distributed scans through several clients

Write your own NSE scripts

What do you get with eBook?

Instant access to your Digital eBook purchase

Download this book in EPUB and PDF formats

Access this title in our online reader with advanced features

DRM FREE - Read whenever, wherever and however you want

Frequently bought together

Network Analysis using Wireshark Cookbook

£41.99

Nmap 6: Network Exploration and Security Auditing Cookbook

£37.99

Advanced Penetration Testing for Highly-Secured Environments: The Ultimate Security Guide

£48.99

Total £ 128.97

FAQs

How do I buy and download an eBook?

Where there is an eBook version of a title available, you can buy it from the book details for that title. Add either the standalone eBook or the eBook and print book bundle to your shopping cart. Your eBook will show in your cart as a product on its own. After completing checkout and payment in the normal way, you will receive your receipt on the screen containing a link to a personalised PDF download file. This link will remain active for 30 days. You can download backup copies of the file by logging in to your account at any time.

If you already have Adobe reader installed, then clicking on the link will download and open the PDF file directly. If you don't, then save the PDF file on your machine and download the Reader to view it.

Please Note: Packt eBooks are non-returnable and non-refundable.

Packt eBook and Licensing When you buy an eBook from Packt Publishing, completing your purchase means you accept the terms of our licence agreement. Please read the full text of the agreement. In it we have tried to balance the need for the ebook to be usable for you the reader with our needs to protect the rights of us as Publishers and of our authors. In summary, the agreement says:

You may make copies of your eBook for your own use onto any machine
You may not pass copies of the eBook on to anyone else

How can I make a purchase on your website?

If you want to purchase a video course, eBook or Bundle (Print+eBook) please follow below steps:

Register on our website using your email address and the password.
Search for the title by name or ISBN using the search option.
Select the title you want to purchase.
Choose the format you wish to purchase the title in; if you order the Print Book, you get a free eBook copy of the same title.
Proceed with the checkout process (payment to be made using Credit Card, Debit Cart, or PayPal)

Where can I access support around an eBook?

If you experience a problem with using or installing Adobe Reader, the contact Adobe directly.
To view the errata for the book, see www.packtpub.com/support and view the pages for the title you have.
To view your account details or to download a new copy of the book go to www.packtpub.com/account
To contact us directly if a problem is not resolved, use www.packtpub.com/contact-us

What eBook formats do Packt support?

Our eBooks are currently available in a variety of formats such as PDF and ePubs. In the future, this may well change with trends and development in technology, but please note that our PDFs are not Adobe eBook Reader format, which has greater restrictions on security.

You will need to use Adobe Reader v9 or later in order to read Packt's PDF eBooks.

What are the benefits of eBooks?

You can get the information you need immediately
You can easily take them with you on a laptop
You can download them an unlimited number of times
You can print them out
They are copy-paste enabled
They are searchable
There is no password protection
They are lower price than print
They save resources and space

What is an eBook?

Packt eBooks are a complete electronic version of the print edition, available in PDF and ePub formats. Every piece of content down to the page numbering is the same. Because we save the costs of printing and shipping the book to you, we are able to offer eBooks at a lower cost than print editions.

When you have purchased an eBook, simply login to your account and click on the link in Your Download Area. We recommend you saving the file to your hard drive before opening it.

For optimal viewing of our eBooks, we recommend you download and install the free Adobe Reader version 9.

Filter reviews by

All

Amazon verified reviews

R. V. Cadena Dec 27, 2012

This is a good book :)I already know 70% of the book. (I am an advanced IT Security with 16 years experience)I like to buy this kind of books because you always have something new to learn.Edit:If you want a Nmap step by step book then buy this.The author assumes you know: TCP/IP & some linux.It is easy to read and it covers everything as promised.if you are in to network security then i recommend this book too:Practical Packet Analysis: Using Wireshark to Solve Real-World Network Problems by Chris SandersBoth are books to have in a personal library.

Amazon Verified review

Osier W Tanner II Oct 03, 2013

Loved it. Great service and speed on getting the book in on time. This was exactly what I was looking for.

Donald A. Tevault Nov 06, 2014

Very good. It gives good explanations for the different nmap scanning options, and tells when you would use them. It's definitely a good thing to keep in your security monitoring toolbox.

Diego Jesus Poyatos Granados Jan 09, 2014

Escrito en un ingles facilito es un libro imprescindible para todos aquellos apasionados de la seguridad.Muy bien estructurado, ofrece la posibilidad de cogerlo desde "cualquier parte" para recordar instrucciones y para aprender cada vez que se ojea.Muy contento con la compra.

Luciano Ferrari Feb 14, 2013

This book is an excelence reference for Nmap full of good resources! I recommend it! I found everything I needed on it

Nmap 6: Network Exploration and Security Auditing Cookbook: Want to master Nmap and its scripting engine? Then this book is for you – packed with practical tasks and precise instructions, it's a comprehensive guide to penetration testing and network monitoring. Security in depth.

What do you get with eBook?