The Nmap Project just released the Holiday Edition of its open source cross-platform security scanner and network mapper, with several important improvements and bug fixes. New features in Nmap 7.40 ...

Gordon "Fyodor" Lyon is the principal author of the network scanner Nmap, and his new book Nmap Network Scanning is its authoritative guide. Lyon has crafted a precise, readable resource that will ...

NMAP, the open source network mapping tool, should be in any network or security administrator's toolbox. It's a feature-rich network scanner that goes far beyond port scanning such as service and OS ...

It is certainly well known that “hacker tools” can be used for many legitimate purposes. Nmap, the Network Mapper and security scanner is no exception. These days, it is used routinely to identify the ...

Creating a system inventory is a common task for system and network administrators. Information security specialists often need inventories as well. Even in shops that have inventory tools, a method ...

My home and home lab network are a mess. Over the years, connecting my lab's physical and virtual machines (VMs), SAN, NAS, and other projects using various network switches, and routers have become a ...