https://wiki.linux.edu/ Fri, 23 Oct 2026 22:01:39 +0000 FeedCreator 1.8 https://wiki.linux.edu/_media/wiki/dokuwiki.svg https://wiki.linux.edu/ https://wiki.linux.edu/handbook/handbook/tools_nmap/nmap?rev=1271359136&do=diff What is Nmap ? Nmap (“Network Mapper”) is a free open source utility for network exploration or security auditing. It was designed to rapidly scan large networks, although it works fine against single hosts. Nmap uses raw IP packets in novel ways to determine what hosts are available on the network, what services (application name and version) those hosts are offering, what operating systems (and anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) Thu, 15 Apr 2010 19:18:56 +0000