Transcript nmap with Zenmap

By Matt Jennings
& David Spano
 History
of Nmap
 What is Nmap
 How Nmap works
 The goal of Nmap
 What is Zenmap
 Advantages of Zenmap
 How to use Zenmap
 References
 Originally
created by Gordon Lyon
 Published in a 1997 article in Phrack
magazine with source code
 With community updates came more advance
features
 Named “Security Product of the Year”
 Has appeared in movies: Bourne Ultimatum,
The Matrix Reloaded, and Die Hard 4
 Free
and open source
 Security Scanner
 Scan huge networks of literally hundreds of
thousands of machines
 Portable
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Available for Most OS
 Powerful
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Large network
Single host
 Flexible
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Supports advanced techniques
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As simple as entering a target host
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Free to download
 Easy
 Free
 Nmap
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uses raw IP packets in novel ways
To determine what hosts are available on the network,
What services those hosts are offering
What operating systems and OS versions they are
running
What type of packet filters/firewalls are in use
Many of other characteristics.
 The
primary goal of the Nmap Project is to
help make the Internet a little more secure
and to provide administrators, auditors, and
hackers with an advanced tool for exploring
their networks
 Official
Nmap Security Scanner GUI
 Multi-platform free and open source
application
 Aim is to make Nmap easy while providing
advanced features for experienced Nmap
users
 Interactive
and graphical results viewing
 Comparison
 Convenience
 Repeatability
 Discoverability
1) download windows version from
http://nmap.org/dist/nmap-5.51-setup.exe
2) Double click on the exe
3) Double-click on the Zenmap shortcut on
your desktop.
4) Type in “scanme.nmap.org”
5) In the Profile field, select “Intense Scan”
then press the “Scan” button to begin
6) Click on the “Nmap output” tab
7) Click on the “Ports / Hosts” tab
8) Click on the “Topology” tab
9) Click on the “Host Details” tab
 Using
Zenmap was very easy due to its GUI
 Installation in Windows is graphical and only
requires hitting the “next” button
 Nmap and Zenmap documentation is
abundant on the zenmap.org site
- Available in 16 different languages
 Nmap
- Free Security Scanner For Network
Exploration & Security Audits. Web. 06 Dec.
2011. <http://nmap.org>.