wok-6.x annotate nmap/description.txt @ rev 13746
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| author | Alexander Medvedev <devl547@gmail.com> |
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| date | Mon Dec 31 13:28:06 2012 +0300 (2012-12-31) |
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| samuel_trassare@13398 | 1 Nmap ("Network Mapper") is a utility for network discovery and security |
| samuel_trassare@13398 | 2 auditing. Many systems and network administrators also find it useful for tasks |
| samuel_trassare@13398 | 3 such as network inventory, managing service upgrade schedules, and monitoring |
| samuel_trassare@13398 | 4 host or service uptime. Nmap uses raw IP packets in novel ways to determine what |
| samuel_trassare@13398 | 5 hosts are available on the network, what services (application name and version) |
| samuel_trassare@13398 | 6 those hosts are offering, what operating systems (and OS versions) they are |
| samuel_trassare@13398 | 7 running, what type of packet filters/firewalls are in use, and dozens of other |
| samuel_trassare@13398 | 8 characteristics. It was designed to rapidly scan large networks, but works fine |
| samuel_trassare@13398 | 9 against single hosts. |