From the course: Performing a Technical Security Audit and Assessment

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Solution: Install and run Nmap

Solution: Install and run Nmap

From the course: Performing a Technical Security Audit and Assessment

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Solution: Install and run Nmap

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(upbeat music) - [Instructor] In this video I'm using a VM running a demo nonactivated version of Windows for demonstration purposes only. This setup is intended for educational and instructional use only, and I encourage you to use fully licensed software for your personal and professional needs. Now that you've executed an NMAP scan, let's look at the results I get when I run NMAP on my system. I'm using Zenmap, a user-friendly graphical interface for NMAP, which simplifies the process and presents the results in an easy to read format. I'll scan my local system to demonstrate NMAPs functionality. I'll set the target as the loop back address 127.0.0.1 with the default intent scan profile. Once started, the scan should finish in under a minute. Here we see the detailed results in the NMAP output tab. We know the scan is complete because NMAP done is at the bottom. In the port's host tab, you can see the port's NMAP detected and whether they're open or closed. This information helps…

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