10 COOL NMAP TRICKS AND TECHNIQUES

Nmap (“Network Mapper”) is a free and open source (license) utility for network exploration or security auditing. Many systems and network administrators also find it useful for tasks such as network inventory, managing service upgrade schedules, and monitoring host or service uptime.

n addition to my list you can also check out this Comprehensive Guide to Nmap here and of course the man pages
Here are some really cool scanning techniques using Nmap

1) GET INFO ABOUT REMOTE HOST PORTS AND OS DETECTION

nmap -sS -P0 -sV -O <target>

Where < target > may be a single IP, a hostname or a subnet

-sS TCP SYN scanning (also known as half-open, or stealth scanning)

-P0 option allows you to switch off ICMP pings.

-sV option enables version detection

-O flag attempt to identify the remote operating system

Other option:

-A option enables both OS fingerprinting and version detection

-v use -v twice for more verbosity.

nmap -sS -P0 -A -v < target >
2) GET LIST OF SERVERS WITH A SPECIFIC PORT OPEN

nmap -sT -p 80 -oG – 192.168.1.* | grep open

Change the -p argument for the port number. See “man nmap” for different ways to specify address ranges.

3) FIND ALL ACTIVE IP ADDRESSES IN A NETWORK

nmap -sP 192.168.0.*

There are several other options. This one is plain and simple.

Another option is:

nmap -sP 192.168.0.0/24

for specific  subnets

4)  PING A RANGE OF IP ADDRESSES

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