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Easy Operating System Detection with nmap

Recently I was doing some discovery at work of some systems we inherited.  I didn't yet have access but wanted to determine what type of OS was involved so I could coordinate with the proper teams. You can often guess just by determining what ports are open, but the most efficient tool is the venerable nmap utility.  Using the -O (OS detection) and -sV (check ports to determine service/version info) flags, you get a compl...

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Easy Operating System Detection with nmap

Improved Server Security By Closing Ports With nmap Monitoring

A cardinal rule of security is to avoid running services you don't need.  A logical extension of that rule is to not expose ports to the public Internet unnecessarily. You may have a very good reason...

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Improved Server Security By Closing Ports With nmap Monitoring

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