Nmap Cheat Sheet Tutorial, Commands for NMAP Cheat sheet

Nmap is a free, open-source tool for discovering hosts and services on a computer network by sending packets and analyzing the responses. Nmap includes features such as host discovery, service detection, and operating system detection that are useful for probing computer networks.

Nmap can give you more information about your targets, such as reverse DNS names, device types, and MAC addresses.
The process of locating hosts on a network is known as host discovery. List the hosts that, for example, respond to TCP and/or ICMP requests or have a specific port open.
Port scanning is the process of identifying all open ports on a target host.
OS detection is the process of determining the operating system and hardware characteristics of network devices.
Version detection is the process of interrogating network services on remote devices to determine the application name and version number.
You can interact with the target support in a scripted manner by using the Nmap Scripting Engine (NSE).

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Table of Contents

The application of Nmap

To assess a device’s or firewall’s security, identify the network connections that can be made to or through it.
Identifying open ports on a target host as part of audit preparation.
Network inventory includes things like network inventory, network mapping, and asset and maintenance management.
To assess a network’s security, new servers must be identified.
For hosts on a network, traffic generation, response analysis, and response time measurement are all available.
A network’s vulnerabilities are discovered and exploited.
DNS requests and subdomain lookups

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Commands for NMAP Cheat sheet

The following section explains how to use different NMAP commands based on their type, with examples such as –

Common Scanning Commands

Goal	Command	Example
Scan just a single target	[Target]nmap-n	nmap 192.168.0.1
Scan Multiple targets at a time	[Taget1, Target2, Target3 etc.] nmap	nmap 192.168.0.1 192.168.0.2
Scan a Collection of hosts	nmap [range of ip addresses]	nmap 192.168.0.1-10
Scan a Subnet in Its Entirety	nmap [ip address/cdir]	nmap 192.168.0.1/24
Scan a set of hosts randomly	nmap -iR [number]	nmap -iR
Leaving Targets Out of a Scan	nmap [targets] – exclude [targets]	nmap 192.168.0.1/24 –exclude 192.168.0.100, 192.168.0.20
Leaving Targets Out of a Scan using a list	nmap [targets] – excludefile [list.txt]	nmap 192.168.0.1/24 –excludefile notargets.tx
Performing an aggressive scan	nmap -A [target]	nmap -A 192.168.0.
Scanning IPv6 Target	nmap -6 [target]	nmap -6 1aff:3c21:47b1:0000:0000:0000:0000:2af

Exploring Options

Goal	Command	Example
Conduct a Ping-Only Scan.	nmap -sP [target]	nmap -sP 192.168.0.1
Please don’t ping.	nmap -PN [target]	nmap -PN 192.168.0.
TCP SYN Ping	nmap -PS [target]	nmap -PS 192.168.0.
TCP ACK Ping	nmap -PA [target]	nmap -PA 192.168.0.
UDP Ping	nmap -PU [target]	nmap -PU 192.168.0.
SCTP Ping	nmap -PY [target]	nmap -PY 192.168.0.
ICMP Echo Ping	nmap -PE [target]	nmap -PE 192.168.0.
ICMP Timestamp Ping	nmap -PP [target]	nmap -PP 192.168.0.
CMP Address Mask Ping	nmap -PM [target]	nmap -PM 192.168.0.
IP Protocol Ping	nmap -PO [target]	nmap -PO 192.168.0.1

Options for Advanced Scanning

ARP Ping	nmap -PR target	nmap -PR 192.168.0.1
Tracerout	nmap –traceroute [target]	nmap –traceroute 192.168.0.1
Force Reverse DNS Resolution	nmap -R [target]	nmap -R 192.168.0.1
Disabling Reverse DNS Resolution	nmap -n [target]	nmap -n 192.168.0.1
The Alternative DNS Lookup	nmap –system-dns [target]	nmap –system-dns 192.168.0.1
The Manually Specify DNS Server(s)	nmap –dns-servers [servers] [target]	nmap –dns-servers 201.56.212.54 192.168.0.1
Create a Host List	nmap -sL [targets]	nmap -sL 192.168.0.1/24

Options for Port Scanning

Goal	Command	Example
Perform a quick scan	nmap -F [target]	nmap -F 192.168.0.1
Examine Particular Ports	nmap -p [port(s)] [target]	nmap -p 21-25,80,139,8080 192.168.1.1
Examine Ports by Name	nmap -p [port name(s)] [target]	nmap -p ftp,http* 192.168.0.1
Examine Ports by Protocol	nmap -sU -sT -p U: [ports],T:[ports] [target]	nmap -sU -sT -p U:53,111,137,T:21- 25,80,139,8080 192. 168.0.1
Examine all Ports	nmap -p ‘*’ [target]	nmap -p ‘*’ 192.168.0.
Examine Top Ports	nmap –top-ports [number] [target]	nmap –top-ports 10 192.168.0.
Scan Ports in Sequential Order	nmap -r [target]	nmap -r 192.168.0.

Detecting Versions

Goal	Command	Example
Detecting Operating System	nmap -O [target]	nmap -O 192.168.0.1
Attempting to Guess an Unknown OS	nmap -O –osscan guess [target]	nmap -O –osscan-guess 192.168.0.1
Detecting Service Version	nmap -sV [target]	nmap -sV 192.168.0.1
Examining troubleshooting versions	nmap -sV –version trace [target]	nmap -sV –version-trace 192.168.0.1
Performing a RPC Scan	nmap -sR [target]	nmap -sR 192.168.0.1

Techniques for Getting Through Firewalls

Goal	Command	Example
Boost Packets	nmap -f [target]	nmap -f 192.168.0.1
pacify a particular MTU	nmap –mtu [MTU] [target]	nmap –mtu 32 192.168.0
Use Decoy	nmap -D RND:[number] [target]	nmap -D RND:10 192.168.0.1
The Zombie Scan	nmap -sI [zombie] [target]	nmap -sI 192.168.0.38
Specify a Source Port Manually	nmap –source-port [port] [target]	nmap –source-port 10 192.168.0.1
Include Random Data	nmap –data-length [size] [target]	nmap –data-length [size] [target]
Randomize Target Scanning Order	nmap –randomize-hosts [target]	nmap –randomize-ho 192.168.0.1-20
Spoof MAC’s address	nmap –spoof-mac [MAC\|0\|vendor] [target]	nmap –spoof-mac Cis 192.168.0.1
Sending Invalid Checksum	nmap –badsum [target]	nmap –badsum 192.168.0.1

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