Nmap Scanning Workflow

Systematic approach to Nmap scanning

Network Enumeration with Nmap

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MAP Interactive Mind Map

graph TD A[Start] --> B[Host Discovery] B --> C[Quick Port Scan] C --> D[Full Port Scan] D --> E[Service Version Detection] E --> F[Script Scanning] F --> G[Vulnerability Scanning] G --> H[Document Results]

REF Quick Reference

Host Discovery

nmap -sn 10.10.10.0/24 # Ping scan subnet for live hosts
nmap -Pn -sS 10.10.10.5 # SYN scan host, treat as online (skip ping)

Port Scanning

nmap -p- --min-rate 10000 10.10.10.5 # Fast full port scan (all 65535 ports)
nmap -sS -sV -sC -p 22,80,445 10.10.10.5 # Detailed scan (SYN, Version, Scripts) on found ports

Service/Version

nmap -sV --version-intensity 5 10.10.10.5 # Aggressive version detection

Scripts

nmap --script=vuln 10.10.10.5 # Run vulnerability scanning scripts
nmap --script=smb-enum-shares 10.10.10.5 # Enumerate SMB shares via script

Output

nmap -oA scan_results 10.10.10.5 # Save results in all formats (normal, grepable, xml)
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