2 years ago

Category: Software, Database, Security, firewall

Learn about new features, changes, and improvements to UpGuard: If you’re looking for a free network discovery tool, you’ve probably heard of Nmap. Nmap, short for Network Mapper, is a multi-purpose tool commonly used for penetration testing to give you a granular view of your network’s security.

In other words, you can use Nmap to scan IP addresses, search for security loopholes, and scan for open ports on your computer network by sending packets and analyzing the responses.

Here's a quick rundown of some common functions of Nmap you can try: A ping scan returns information on every IP active on your network.

You can add an extension to your commands if you want to output your Nmap scan results to a file.