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Libraries: If you want this lab, consider one of these libraries.
- Cloud
- Security
Scanning a Host with NMAP
In this lab, we'll use a well-known network and host scanning tool named NMAP to scan a host for open ports and attempt to identify which services are running on those ports.
Lab Info
Table of Contents
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Challenge
Install NMAP.
- Switch from the
cloud_useraccount torootby runningsudo suand entering thecloud_userpassword. - Run the command
apt-get update. - Run the command
apt-get install -y nmap.
- Switch from the
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Challenge
Scan the localhost with NMAP and output results to a file named `scan.txt`.
Run the following command:
nmap -sV localhost -oN scan.txt
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