Questions tagged [nmap]
nmap is a free, open source, scriptable network security scanner. It features port scanning and service/version detection.
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Run sudo commands in Java
I am trying to run sudo commands in Java. I have trying to create a program in Java in order to execute nmap commands in it. I am using Java 20 and I am using ubuntu 22.04 as operating system. I am ...
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help with network setting within ubuntu
I'm hoping someone can help, I set my router to map MAC address to static IPs last night, around the same time I installed nmap and wireshark to help me setup a proximity sensor within my home ...
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Why does `nmap` say that a host is down even though it responds to `ping`?
ping 10.0.3.12 gets responses (from a Windows laptop).
But nmap says "Nmap scan report for 10.0.1.12 [host down, received no-response]", though it finds other hosts that are up.
This is ...
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nmap on local host shows "filtered" on port which is stated as "open" on remote host
My question is similar to this but I'd like to fix and understand the error without having to rely on the possibility that factory-resetting my router will fix it for me. I also found this which is ...
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Localhost port scaning report
I just enabled my firewall
$ sudo ufw status verbose
Status: active
Logging: on (low)
Default: deny (incoming), allow (outgoing), disabled (routed)
After scan my local host
$ sudo nmap -sS -sV -Pn ...
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Running `sudo nmap` through snap, while allowing to write to user's home dir
I have a problem running nmap in such a way that all the following requirements are satisfied:
I want to install nmap through snap
I want to run nmap with sudo (the scan type I want to run requires ...
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Nmap service detection Segmentation fault (core dumped)
The Problem
When I use nmap with the service detection flag(-sV) I get a Segmentation fault at the end of the scan. It doesn't matter which IP Address or domain, as long as it can scan it. I am using ...
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nmap won't run as sudo when installed through snap
I've installed nmap through the snap store with the following command:
$ sudo snap install nmap
This has worked fine and I can run nmap as a normal user.
$ nmap --version
Nmap version 7.92 ( https://...
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How do I open a port on my Ubuntu 14.04 virtual server to my Mac from which it runs? [closed]
I’m running a virtual Ubuntu (14.04) box, using Vagrant, on my Mac Big Sur machine. I would like to open port 1234 on my virtual machine to my Mac. From the virtual machine, I can see these ports ...
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nmap is not showing hostnames
I am new to linux, and I am trying to get all the hostnames from the hosts of my local network.
I was trying the command:
sudo nmap -sn 192.168.0.0/24
and also:
sudo nmap -sn -R 192.168.0.0/24
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Samba min protocol SMB3, nmap report SMBv1
I use a Linux system with Ubuntu 18.04.5.
Te file /etc/samba/smb.conf contains the rules:
client min protocol = SMB3
and
smb encrypt = required
The command nmap -p445 -Pn -vvv --script smb-protocols ...
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Nmap keeping crashing and popping up the "System Program problem detected", should I worry?
$ sudo nmap -vv -P -T1 192.168.0.1/24
Output:
>Warning: The -P option is deprecated. Please use -PE
>Starting Nmap 7.80 ( https://nmap.org ) at 2021-01-01 18:29 -03
>Initiating ARP Ping Scan ...
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Zenmap for Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS [duplicate]
Is zenmap available for Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS with nmap 7.80? I've already try the instruction at the following link: Has zenmap vanished from 20.04? but packages are not available.
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How do I confirm ufw is working using nmap from the local system?
I have enabled Uncomplicated Firewall on Ubuntu Focal:
# ufw status verbose
Status: active
Logging: on (low)
Default: deny (incoming), allow (outgoing), disabled (routed)
New profiles: skip
And yet, ...
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SNAP leaves behind some references after removal of NMAP package, causing APT version of NMAP not to be found
To test I first installed NMAP on my Ubuntu 20.04 using a snap, but that version gave a dnet error (Failed to open device enp1s0), so I removed the snap package and installed the native version with ...
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How to use Libertine?
I'm trying to run nmap on my Ubuntu Touch phone. I was advised to use Libertine to install deb packages. It is installed now but when I go to terminal to check if I can use it nmap --help it gives me ...
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Nmap port scan shows all 65000 ubuntu (20.04) ports closed
Forgive me if this is a stupid question, I'm currently messing around with nmap / metasploit for educational purposes. I got a bit sick of using metasploitable OS so I thought I'd have a bit of fun ...
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Should port 25 be open on localhost (Ubuntu 18.04)
Port 25 is open on localhost and also on my internal 192.168.1.xxx number. The nmap scan shows:
25/tcp open smtp Postfix smtpd
Should this be the case? I am not trying to run an SMTP server. However,...
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How to scan and ip range in nmap
I've been using Angry IP Scanner and with that, I easily could scan an IP range by putting starting IP and ending IP in two text boxes.
Now in nmap, I want to know how to scan an IP range with giving ...
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nmap shows port 8080 is filtered even though it's opened. How can I open it?
I am using Ubuntu virtual host to run a tomcat based application that uses the port 8080, 8009, and 8000. The network admin has already opened the ports and when I run nmap on localhost it shows that ...
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How to scan all ports in nmap
I didn't get what ports does Nmap scan. Does Nmap start from zero or one when scan subnet or all the ports?
0/24 is it 0-255 or is it 1-255
-p is it 0-65535 or is it 1-65535
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Different nmap results from different machines?
I am trying to troubleshoot an issue with my home Postfix mail server installed on Ubuntu Server not being able to reach gmail mail servers. I have noticed that when I run nmap to the IP address 173....
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Why connection is droping when I scan the ip with nmap? [closed]
When scanning an IP in LAN its connection drops for seconds and nmap says the host might be down. Why this happens?
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I can see forwarded port on canyouseeme website, but not on NMAP scan?
I have forwarded port 14444 using my routers configuration panel.
Here is the screen-cap:
Then I ran ncat using:
sudo ncat -k -l 192.168.15.42 14444
https://www.canyouseeme.org/ says "Success: ...
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ssh connection refused; netstat LISTEN; nmap closed
My Setup
Ubuntu server 18.04 on local hardware
A laptop from which I want to ssh into the server over local network
My Problem
Every once in a while right after boot, I can ssh into the machine ...
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Rename device ID as returned by nmap
I would like to rename a device on my network as I have several devices from the same mfg. For example, an Asus wireless router shows the same mfg name as an Asus motherboard (connected by Ethernet), ...
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How can I find the IP addresses of devices on my local network? [duplicate]
Is there any way I can find out the IP addresses on my network?
For example my home router is 192.168.5.1 and it is connected to an airos device the IP of which is 192.168.1.20, and the airos device ...
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How to configure port for external access?
I need to access software from another machine in PORT 3000, but I can not do it for the IP of the machine, only by localhost.
erick@erickmordecai:~$ ifconfig
enp3s0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,...
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Is there a way to prevent nmap service detection?
While doing a review of my home network security from an external network, I noticed it was possible to discern the service running on port 99 (xrdp). When I got home I ran a nmap -A localhost and ...
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I typed iptables -F by mistake, how to undo? [duplicate]
I typed iptables -F by mistake, how can I undo it?
I see now strange activity on my routers IP, scanned it and saw that strange ports are open. How can I block these ports?
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nmap scanning IP Addresses that aren't an A record for the scanned hostname
I'm scanning for transparent proxies/MiTM and I found this while running a scan against cn.pool.ntp.org:
joe@APP05:~$ dig cn.pool.ntp.org
; <<>> DiG 9.10.3-P4-Ubuntu <<>> cn....
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18.04 does not resolve hosts on local network
I recently upgraded from 16.04 to 18.04 and now I am not able to resolve hosts on my local network. With 16.04 everything worked fine.
I am still able to use IP to reach other computers but using ...
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Why is nmap not working in 18.04?
After fresh installs of Ubuntu 18.04 and nmap (snap install) on two separate machines, both return the same nmap error:
dnet: Failed to open device [device-name]
QUITTING!
when I run the command:...
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Memory leak NMAP on Ubuntu 16 LTS
Using OpenVas for security scans
NMAP (7.01-2ubuntu2) for Ubuntu 16 LTS has a huge memory leak.
I have 64GB RAM on server and takes a few hours to build up and then server stop responding.
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How to install a package from source (e.g. nmap 7.60) and first fix unresolved dependencies on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS?
I found myself wanting to install nmap 7.60 bc it has really neat functionality for scanning IPs for information on my local network (USED RESPONSIBLY, of course), but 16.04 does not support v7.60 out ...
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How to know service name and disable it after scanning using nmap?
When I scan my ubuntu using nmap I get this result:
Starting Nmap 7.40 ( https://nmap.org ) at 2017-10-20 10:40 EET
Nmap scan report for localhost (127.0.0.1)
Host is up (0.000097s latency).
Not ...
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Website inaccessible from Ubuntu command prompt but is accessible from browser
When I visit a website from the browser it exists, but when I check with the Ubuntu command line it pings but nothing else works. Nmap does nothing. Curl does nothing. The only vaguely interesting ...
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Nmap scanning in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
I have started to leran nmap in ubuntu.
I am ruuning the command $ nmap localhost in ubuntu 16.04 LTS.
It is running perfectly and the output is
Starting Nmap 5.00 ( http://nmap.org ) at 2017-08-22 ...
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How to make nmap consult arp table
I want to use nmap in a subnet with the following command:
nmap -T3 -F 192.168.1.0/24
My net has some interferences that make broadcast packets to be lost, so I add to my arp table the mac and ip to ...
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Running Nmap on Ubuntu
I am running a python script that executes nmap on a given set of parameters. The point is to automate this so i do not have to interact with the cli at all. Every time I run my script, I am prompted ...
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nmap in bash script returns error
I want to find out all my available routers with nmap.
Typing this in command line returns the expected output.
nmap --script=broadcast-dchp-discover -e eno1
But when I try to run this command in a ...
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nmap search for specific IP range
How can I search with nmap in a specific range of IPs?
Like only IPs in 10.{1-99}.{1-99}.1.
Thanks.
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Can't open 4444 port in gufw
I've added a SSH rule for adding 4444 port in my distro through gufw but when I run
nmap -sV 10.9.0.136 -A
it shows :
Starting Nmap 7.40 ( https://nmap.org ) at 2017-04-25 11:30 IST
Nmap scan ...
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Is it possible to perform port scanning of the local host itself as another host?
In other words I want to see how the server looks outside when I don't have access to another machine to scan it. Let me give an example:
Case 1: When I am SSH connected to my VPS, which is Ubuntu ...
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Cant Install NMAP due to unmet dependecies!
I cant install nmap due to following unmet dependencies
HP-Pavilion-g6-Notebook-PC:~$ sudo apt-get install nmap
[sudo] password for rohan:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree ...
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basic understanding of nmap
ok so i heard nmap is illegal in some countries, similar to going around and checking the door handle around the neighborhood to see if intrusion is possible.
if i use nmap like
nmap -0 -sS 192....
user610658
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Set Filtered TCP Ports via iptables For Linux Device
Here is the configuration :
iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 8888 -m state --state NEW,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
iptables -A OUTPUT -p tcp --sport 8888 -m state --state ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
iptables -P ...
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Use nmap scan specific ports to see which IP addresses are running any of those
I have a question to write a script using nmap to look at TCP ports across the entire network to identify which IP addresses are running any of those services.
Sorry my english is not good.
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nmap command - suspicious behavior
I'm learning Linux on Cisco, and they display a certain message about the nmap command :
CAUTION: To avoid suspicion of using the tool to find a way to attack
the systems on your network, it is ...
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Difference between ESTABLISHED and LISTENING [duplicate]
I have use Nmap -a to view all open ports on my laptop. However, I noticed that the states are different. Some have ESTABLISHED, some LISTENING and some were stateless. What do they mean?
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