Home Groups rb comp programs nmap Mastering Nmap: One Scan to Learn Almost Everything

Mastering Nmap: One Scan to Learn Almost Everything

Viewing: rb.comp.programs.nmap Started by wormy 2 messages 0 useful 0 vote points Last activity 2 months ago

Back Refresh RSS Start new thread

From: wormy <nessus@local.domain>

Subject: Mastering Nmap: One Scan to Learn Almost Everything

Date: Sat, 04 Jul 2026 18:22

Show headers

From: wormy <nessus@local.domain>

Newsgroups: rb.comp.programs.nmap

Subject: Mastering Nmap: One Scan to Learn Almost Everything

Date: Sat, 04 Jul 2026 18:22:34 -0400

Message-ID: <4134e4c1-7064-46df-bd5a-ecf7f18be919@rootbadger.com>

Organization: NWO

X-Info: Bic Pen tester

User-Agent: RootBadger Web

Lines: 17

X-System: RootBadger/1.0 (privacy-protected)

One of my favorite all-around Nmap commands is:

sudo nmap -Pn -sS -sV -O -A --script=vuln --reason --traceroute -p- -T4 192.168.1.10

It skips host discovery (-Pn), performs a SYN scan (-sS), scans every TCP
port (-p-), detects service versions (-sV), attempts OS fingerprinting
(-O), enables advanced detection (-A), runs the vulnerability NSE scripts
(--script=vuln), explains why ports are in each state (--reason), and even
traces the route to the target (--traceroute).

It's not a command I'd run casually against every host, but it's a great example of how much information Nmap can gather in a single scan when you're performing an authorized security assessment.

#nmap #networking #linux #sysadmin #infosec

--
Nessus
"The worm knows"

From: Tom Mix <tommix@mixmin.net>

Subject: Re: Mastering Nmap: One Scan to Learn Almost Everything

Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2026 05:58

Show headers

From: Tom Mix <tommix@mixmin.net>

Newsgroups: rb.comp.programs.nmap

Subject: Re: Mastering Nmap: One Scan to Learn Almost Everything

Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2026 05:58:07 -0400

Message-ID: <44aaafa3-c5a1-4b39-adeb-c923eab45306@rootbadger.com>

References: <4134e4c1-7064-46df-bd5a-ecf7f18be919@rootbadger.com>

Followup-To: rb.comp.programs.nmap

Organization: Order of the Eternal Bait

X-Info: Fucktards need not apply.

User-Agent: RootBadger Web

Lines: 29

X-System: RootBadger/1.0 (privacy-protected)

X-bait-quality: Extra Stinky

X-nonsense-quotient: Overflow

X-thread-necromancy: Active

X-sockpuppet-count: Infinite

X-meme-residue: Heavy

In article 4134e4c1-7064-46df-bd5a-ecf7f18be919@rootbadger.com, wormy nessus@local.domain wrote:

> One of my favorite all-around Nmap commands is:

sudo nmap -Pn -sS -sV -O -A --script=vuln --reason --traceroute -p- -T4

> 192.168.1.10 > > It skips host discovery (`-Pn`), performs a SYN scan (`-sS`), scans every > TCP > port (`-p-`), detects service versions (`-sV`), attempts OS fingerprinting > (`-O`), enables advanced detection (`-A`), runs the vulnerability NSE > scripts > (`--script=vuln`), explains why ports are in each state (`--reason`), and > even > traces the route to the target (`--traceroute`). > It's not a command I'd run casually against every host, but it's a great > example > of how much information Nmap can gather in a single scan when you're > performing > an authorized security assessment. > #nmap #networking #linux #sysadmin #infosec

Interesting. I never got much in the pen-testing area, security, or scanning things, but I like to know those things nonetheless.

--
Tom Mix
"Leave the trail better than you found it."

Use ↑/↓ (or j / k) to move between messages.